Open AccessA Theology of Seeing, Experiencing, and Vision. An Editorial Introduction
Author(s) -
Ryan A. Brandt,
Joshua R. Farris
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
perichoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2284-7308
pISSN - 1224-984X
DOI - 10.2478/perc-2019-0013
Subject(s) - doctrine , scholarship , dismissal , interpretation (philosophy) , theology , philosophy , rest (music) , set (abstract data type) , epistemology , law , political science , computer science , medicine , linguistics , cardiology , programming language
What may seem astonishing is the near dismissal of the beatific vision doctrine in the last 50+ years of biblical and theological scholarship in contrast to the emphasis given to it throughout church history. The state of theological scholarship is changing. In what follows, we set forth a short survey of a theology of the beatific vision, while also introducing the rest of the volume on the beatific vision and theosis , of which we take to have an intimate and overlapping relationship. The editorial article has four parts: it begins by (1) introducing some of the relevant biblical material on the vision, proceeding to (2) develop a theological interpretation of those passages, and then (3) offer a short historical survey of the doctrine, focusing on the relevant medieval and Reformed developments. It finally (4) introduces the articles of the issue.