In this volume, Augustine M. Reisenauer, O.P. provides a comprehensive study of Augustine's theology of the resurrection, the human return from death to life. Contextualizing Augustine within the early Church and the intellectual and religious cultures of the late Roman Empire,he interrogates the development of Augustine's thoughts on the historical resurrection of Jesus Christ, the spiritual resurrection of the soul in time, and the fleshly resurrection of the body at the end of time. Augustine offers profound insights into issues of personal and communal identity, human continuity and transformation, historical and eschatological events, and the God of the resurrection. He also elaborates a biblical paradigm that acknowledges how the resurrected Christ offers an intrinsic participation in his paschal mystery to the souls and bodies of the rest of humanity. Proposing fresh ideas regarding a central topic in Christian theology, Reisenauer's, study also reveals Augustine's defenses of the resurrection against its pagan, philosophical and heretical opponents.

This book explores Augustine's developing theology of the resurrections of Jesus Christ, of Christian souls, and of all human flesh.

About the Author
Augustine M. Reisenauer O.P. is assistant professor in the Department of Theology, Providence College. A scholar of patristics and medieval theology, he is a Catholic priest and a Dominican friar of the Order of Preachers.


Book Information
ISBN 9781009269063
Author Augustine M. Reisenauer
Format Hardback
Page Count 262
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 570g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm * 22mm