TY - BOOK AU - Wright,N.T. TI - Surprised by hope: rethinking heaven, the resurrection, and the mission of the church SN - 9780061551826 (hardback) AV - BV4638 .W75 2008 U1 - 236 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - Hope KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Eschatology KW - Future life KW - Resurrection KW - Mission of the church N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I; Setting the Scene --; 1; All Dressed Up and No Place to Go? --; Confusion about Hope: The Wider World --; Varieties of Belief --; 2; Puzzled About Paradise? --; Christian Confusion About Hope --; Exploring the Options --; The Effects of Confusion --; Wider Implications of Confusion --; The Key Questions --; 3; Early Christian Hope in Its Historical Setting --; Resurrection and Life after Death in Ancient Paganism and Judaism --; The Surprising Character of Early Christian Hope --; 4; The Strange Story of Easter --; Stories Without Precedent --; Easter and History --; Part II; God's Future Plan --; 5; Cosmic Future: Progress or Despair? --; Option 1; Evolutionary Optimism --; Option 2; Souls in Transit --; 6; What the Whole World's Waiting For --; Fundamental Structures of Hope --; Seedtime and Harvest --; The Victorious Battle --; Citizens of Heaven, Colonizing the Earth --; God Will Be All in All --; New Birth --; The Marriage of Heaven and Earth --; 7; Jesus, Heaven, and New Creation --; The Ascension --; What About the Second Coming? --; 8; When He Appears --; Coming, Appearing, Revealing, Royal Presence --; 9; Jesus, the Coming Judge --; Second Coming and Judgment --; 10; The Redemption of Our Bodies --; Resurrection: Life After Life After Death --; Resurrection in Corinth --; Resurrection: Later Debates --; Rethinking Resurrection Today: Who, Where, What Why, When, and How --; 11; Purgatory, Paradise, Hell --; Purgatory --; Paradise --; Beyond Hope, Beyond Pity --; Conclusion: Human Goals and New Creation --; Part III; Hope in Practice: Resurrection and the Mission of the Church --; 12; Rethinking Salvation: Heaven, Earth, and the Kingdom of God --; The Meaning of Salvation --; The Kingdom of God --; 13; Building for the Kingdom --; Justice --; Beauty --; Evangelism --; 14; Reshaping the Church for Mission (1): Biblical Roots --; The Gospels and Acts --; Paul --; 15; Reshaping the Church for Mission (2): Living the Future --; Introduction: Celebrating Easter --; Space, Time, and Matter: Creation Redeemed --; Resurrection and Mission --; Resurrection and Spirituality --; Appendix; Two Easter Sermons ER -