Night Comes
Death, Imagination, and the Last Things
by Dale C. Allison Jr.
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Pub Date Mar 29 2016 | Archive Date Dec 12 2023
Description
A deeply personal take
on the mystery of what lies beyond death
When he was 23 years old, Dale Allison almost died in a car accident. As a
result of this experience, his ideas about death and the hereafter changed
dramatically. In Night Comes Allison
wrestles with big questions concerning the last things — What happens to us after we die? Why does
death so often terrify us?
Armed with his acknowledged expertise in historical, theological, and biblical
scholarship, Allison offers a compelling exploration of death and fear,
resurrection and judgment, hell and heaven, discussing all these in light of
modern science, Scripture, the history of doctrine, and his own personal
experience.
As he ponders, explains, criticizes, and creatively imagines — engaging
throughout with biblical texts, church fathers, rabbinic scholars, poets, and
philosophers — Allison offers fascinating fare that will captivate many a
reader's heart and soul.
Advance Praise
“Dale Allison is a first-rate biblical scholar, historian, and Christian
theologian. His reflections on the last things help us think in fresh ways not
only about life after death but also about such things as social justice and
God’s self-revelation amid human sorrow and loss. Scholars will delight in the
rich fare that Allison serves up, but this remarkable book will also speak to
pastors and to every person who wonders about how to live in the face of death.
Extraordinarily thoughtful and deeply personal, Night Comes makes a
profound witness to the ultimate mysteries — and certainties — of religious
faith.”
— John P. Burgess, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
“A wise, honest, penetrating meditation, guided and shaped throughout by
unflagging compassion. Allison is an ideal companion in thinking long and
scrupulously about truly final things."
— David Bentley Hart, author of The Beauty of the
Infinite
“In this probing work Dale Allison raises life’s largest possible
theological questions — the questions we humans all have — questions about
death, judgment, heaven, and hell. In a quest for answers, his nimble mind
sends him racing across historical, cultural, and theological landscapes, and his
range is astounding. . . . A treasure!”
— Thomas G. Long, Candler School of Theology
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780802871183 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
