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Book SynopsisThe scope and subject of Rising Light focuses on the mystery of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ and his hope-filled promise to us of our own bodily resurrection from the dead.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: H.O.P.E.: Horizon of Promised Expectation
Chapter 2: The Foundation of Our Christian Faith
Chapter 3: The Early Christian Community and Resurrection History
Chapter 4: Is the Resurrection Strictly an Historical Event?
Chapter 5: The Empty Tomb Stories
Chapter 6: The Post-Resurrection Appearance Stories
Chapter 7: The Ascension
Chapter 8: The Assumption
Chapter 9: Resurrection of the Body: From the Old Testament to St Augustine
Chapter 10: Summa of St. Thomas Aquinas: And Resurrection of the Body
Chapter 11: Karl Rahner’s Theology: And Resurrection of the Body
Chapter 12: Signs in the Natural World: Dying and Rising
Chapter 13: Symbols in Mythology: Dying and Rising
Chapter 14: The Shroud of Turin
Chapter 15: The Catholic Catechism: Dying and Rising
Chapter 16: Selected Papal Encyclicals, Letters, and Apostolic Exhortations: Dying and Rising
Chapter 17: The Risen Christ is the Universal Christ
Chapter 18: Humor: A Signal of Transcendence, A Sign of Resurrection
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