Love Is Stronger Than Death

Year 1979
Type Book
Genre eschatology
Tradition Catholic
Original language English

For For readers facing death, grieving, or thinking about mortality who want a short Christian reflection; not for those seeking a medical, pastoral-care or academic treatment.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 4 of 5 strongly recommended
For the researcher: 2 of 5 useful
Difficulty: 1 of 5 light

A short meditation on death as a doorway to the love of God, from one of his earliest books.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 3 of 5
Scriptural 2 of 5
Experiential 4 of 5
Sociological 0 of 5
Historical 0 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

Published by Harper & Row in 1979 and later reissued by Ignatius Press, this book reflects on death, which Kreeft calls the terminal illness we all have. Approaching the questions of life, death and God through a range of human experiences, it argues that the meaning of human existence, and of death itself, lies in the fulfilment of the soul's desire for the infinite joy and love of God. It is one of his early meditations on the last things, followed by his books on heaven.

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Catalog IDW.W3X71P.P

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