Icons of Hope: The "Last Things" in Catholic Imagination

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Icons of Hope Icons of Hope The “Last Things” in Catholic Imagination J O H N E . T H I E L University of Notre Dame Press . Notre Dame, Indiana J O H N E . T H I E L Copyright © 2013 by University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Sections of chapters 1 and 2 appeared originally as “For What May We Hope? Thoughts on the Eschatological Imagination,” Theological Studies 67 (September 2006): 517–41. © Theological Studies. Chapter 3 appeared originally as “Time, Judgment, and Competitive Spirituality: A Reading of the Development of the Doctrine of Purgatory,” Theological Studies 69 (December 2008): 741–85. © Theological Studies. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thiel, John E. Icons of hope : the “last things” in Catholic imagination / John E. Thiel. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-268-04239-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-268-04239-X (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-268-09378-5 (e-book) 1. Eschatology. 2. Catholic Church—Doctrines. I. Title. BT821.3.T44 2013 236—dc23 2013022549 ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources For D O R O T H E A Ancora una volta ...