New Jerusalem

by Emanuel Swedenborg, George F. Dole (Translator)

Overview

Emanuel Swedenborg understood the city of New Jerusalem--as described in the book of Revelation--to mean not a physical city but an epoch of history, a new spiritual age that was just beginning to take shape during his lifetime in the eighteenth century.

This short work, presented as a series of teachings that characterize this spiritual age to come, is also one of Swedenborg's most concise and readable summaries of his own theology. Building on fundamental concepts such as good, truth, will, and understanding, he describes the importance of love and usefulness in spiritual growth. In the second half of the volume he focuses on how this new theology relates to the church of his day and to church teachings about the Bible, the Lord's incarnation on earth, and rites such as baptism and the Holy Supper. Each short chapter is followed by extensive references back to his theological magnum opus, Secrets of Heaven.

This volume is an excellent starting point for those who want an overview of Swedenborg's theology presented in his own words. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780877856801
Publisher:	Swedenborg Foundation Publishers
Publication date:	12/01/2016
Series:	New Century Edition
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	213
File size:	342 KB

About the Author

Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish nobleman widely known as a scientist, engineer, inventor, and (in later life) visionary theologian. A graduate of Uppsala University, he spent most of his career as an overseer on Sweden’s Board of Mines, and he was also a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and an active member of the Swedish parliament. He is best known for his prolific theological writings, which he produced and published following a spiritual awakening in his mid-fifties, and for the substantial influence those works have had on philosophical thought and spiritual/religious movements in the centuries since his death.

George F. Dole (translator) holds a BA from Yale, an MA from Oxford, and a PhD from Harvard. Now professor emeritus, Dr. Dole taught ancient languages, the Bible, and theology at the Swedenborg School of Religion in Newton, Massachusetts. He has served as translator for other volumes of Swedenborg’s works, and he is also the author of Freedom and Evil, Sorting Things Out, and A Book about Us. He lives in Bath, Maine.

Table of Contents

Contents Conventions Used in This Work New Jerusalem §§1–7 / The New Heaven and the New Earth, and What Is Meant by “the New Jerusalem” §§8–10 / Prologue to the Teachings [1] §§11–19 / Goodness and Truth §§20–27 / From Secrets of Heaven [2] §§28–33 / Will and Understanding §§34–35 / From Secrets of Heaven [3] §§36–46 / The Inner Self and the Outer Self §§47–53 / From Secrets of Heaven [4] §§54–61 / Love in General §§62–64 / From Secrets of Heaven [5] §§65 –80 / Love for Ourselves and Love for the World §§81–83 / From Secrets of Heaven [6] §§84–105 / Love for Our Neighbor, or Caring §§106–107 / From Secrets of Heaven [7] §§108–119 / Faith §§120–122 / From Secrets of Heaven [8] §§123–128 / Piety §129 / From Secrets of Heaven [9] §§130–138 / Conscience §§139–140 / From Secrets of Heaven [10] §§141–147 / Freedom §§148–149 / From Secrets of Heaven [11] §§150–157 / Taking Credit §158 / From Secrets of Heaven [12] §§159–169 / Repentance and the Forgiveness of Sins §§170–172 / From Secrets of Heaven [13] §§173–182 / Regeneration §§183–186 / From Secrets of Heaven [14] §§187–195 / Crises of the Spirit §§196–201 / From Secrets of Heaven [15] §§202–208 / Baptism §209 / From Secrets of Heaven [16] §§210–214 / The Holy Supper §§214–222 / From Secrets of Heaven [17] §§223–229 / Resurrection [18] §§230–240 / Heaven and Hell [19] §§241–245 / The Church §§246–248 / From Secrets of Heaven [20] §§249–254 / Sacred Scripture, or the Word §§255–266 / From Secrets of Heaven [21] §§267–275 / Providence §§275–279 / From Secrets of Heaven [22] §§280–297 / The Lord §§298–310 / From Secrets of Heaven [23] §§311–325 / Ecclesiastical and Civil Governance Biographical Note