When we talk about heaven what most people mean is something that will happen to me when I die.
In the Bible the word ‘heaven’ is rarely, if ever, used like that. In the Bible heaven refers to the place where God dwells now and from which God interacts with the world he created: no longer private and postponed but public and present.
Respected theologian Paula Gooder will explores something of heaven’s role throughout the Bible and reflects on what place it might have in public theology today.
Paula Gooder answers questions from our invited audience.
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