Death in Second-Century Christian Thought

'Death in Second-Century Christian Thought' explores how the meaning of death was conceptualised in this crucial period of the history of the church. Through an exploration of key metaphors and other figures of speech that the early church used to talk about this fascinating and controversial topic, Jeremiah Mutie argues that the church fathers selected, adapted and exploited existing pagan ideas about the subject of death in order to offer a distinctively Christian view based on Biblical texts. The death, burial and resurrection of Jesus were critical to this development, as was the Christian promise of eternal life. In this erudite book, Mutie shows how Christians engaged with the views of death in late antiquity, coming up with their own characteristic belief in life after death.



Jeremiah Mutie has served as Adjunct Instructor of Religion at Liberty University School of Religion Online. He also serves as Adjunct Professor of the History of Christian Thought at Beulah Heights University in Georgia. Dr Mutie holds a ThM and PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary.