Article: ASCENSION AND ECCLESIA: ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE ASCENSION FOR ECCLESIOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN COSMOLOGY.(Review)

ASCENSION AND ECCLESIA: ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE ASCENSION FOR ECCLESIOLOGY AND CHRISTIAN COSMOLOGY. By Douglas Farrow. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. Pp. xi + 340. $35.

It is hard to deny that the mystery of the Ascension has been neglected both in theological reflection and in liturgical practice, making it something of an orphan feast, lost between Easter and Pentecost. In this important and, in many respects, groundbreaking study Farrow redresses the neglect and underscores the crucial significance of an appreciation of Christ's Ascension not only for Christology, but for the Church's own self-understanding and mission.

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