three perspectives on the secrets of heaven Hanegraaff, Wouter J. creator text bibliography pau West Chester, Pa Swedenborg Foundation c2007 2007 monographic eng

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xxiii, 170 p. ; 23 cm. Swedenborg's secrets of heaven -- A key to the secrets : Swedenborg's doctrine of correspondences -- The structure of secrets of heaven -- Method, history, and doctrine -- The method of biblical exegesis -- History and the styles of the word -- Teachings about charity and faith -- Biblical exegesis -- Genesis on the development of churches -- Genesis on the Lord's inner development -- Exodus on the spiritual church -- Accounts of memorable occurrences -- Heaven, hell, and their inhabitants -- The universal human constituted of angelic communities -- Hells and the process of spiritual devastation -- Oetinger, Kant, and the early reception of secrets of heaven -- The early reception of secrets of heaven -- Friedrich Christoph Oetinger -- Oetinger's first acquaintance with Swedenborg -- Swedenborgs and others earthly and heavenly philosophy -- From qualified acceptance to unqualified rejection -- Swedenborg in Oetinger's last works -- Immanuel Kant -- The Knobloch letter and the Herder fragments -- Dreams of a spirit seer -- Early reviews -- The later lectures on metaphysics -- What was at stake? -- Some later readers of secrets of heaven. Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Includes bibliographical references and index. Swedenborg, Emanuel 1688-1772 Oetinger, Friedrich Christoph 1702-1782 Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 Heaven Christianity New Jerusalem Church Doctrines BX8712.A89 H36 2007 230/.94 9780877853215 (pbk) 2007000341 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0716/2007000341.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0716/2007000341.html DLC 210706 20250312110802.0 14688623