1. Plausibility and vision : the beatific vision in modernity
Part 1. Beatific Vision in Early Christian Thought :
2. Philosophy and vision : Plato, Plotinus, and the Christian faith
3. Progress and vision : Gregory of Nyssa's unending search
4. Anticipation and vision : Augustine on theophanies and ecstasy
Part 2. Beatific Vision in Medieval Thought :
5. Transfiguration and vision : Thomas Aquinas and Gregory Palamas
6. Mystical union and vision : Symeon the New Theologian and John of the Cross
7. Faculties and vision : Bonaventure and Nicholas of Cusa
8. Speech and vision : Dante's transhumanizing journey
Part 3. Beatific Vision in Protestant Thought :
9. Accomodation and vision : John Calvin on face-to-face vision of God
10. Modernity and vision : John Donne's restoration of "commerce twixt heauen and earth"
11. Christ and vision : Puritan and Dutch Reformed articulations of the beatific vision
12. Mediation and vision : an Edwardsean modification of Thomas Aquinas
Part 4. Beatific Vision : a Dogmatic Appraisal
13. Pedagogy and vision : beatific vision through apprenticeship