The Oxford Handbook of EschatologyJerry L. Walls Oxford University Press, 2010 M04 16 - 744 pages Eschatology is the study of the last things: death, judgment, the afterlife, and the end of the world. Through centuries of Christian thoughtfrom the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformationthese issues were of the utmost importance. In other religions, too, eschatological concerns were central. After the Enlightenment, though, many religious thinkers began to downplay the importance of eschatology which, in light of rationalism, came to be seen as something of an embarrassment. The twentieth century, however, saw the rise of phenomena that placed eschatology back at the forefront of religious thought. From the rapid expansion of fundamentalist forms of Christianity, with their focus on the end times; to the proliferation of apocalyptic new religious movements; to the recent (and very public) debates about suicide, martyrdom, and paradise in Islam, interest in eschatology is once again on the rise. In addition to its popular resurgence, in recent years some of the worlds most important theologians have returned eschatology to its former position of prominence. The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology will provide an important critical survey of this diverse body of thought and practice from a variety of perspectives: biblical, historical, theological, philosophical, and cultural. This volume will be the primary resource for students, scholars, and others interested in questions of our ultimate existence. |
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... belief, but no longer considers himself a Christian, put the matter rather sharply. He noted that ''if you take one of the elements out of the sequence—resurrection, ascent to heaven and then heavenly return—the whole thing will ...
... belief, but no longer considers himself a Christian, put the matter rather sharply. He noted that ''if you take one of the elements out of the sequence—resurrection, ascent to heaven and then heavenly return—the whole thing will ...
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... belief is as strong as Lu ̈demann avers it is. Christians should not shrink from acknowledging this fact; to the contrary, they should insist on it. Indeed, the point Lu ... belief. Hume's argument that belief in miracles introduction 7.
... belief is as strong as Lu ̈demann avers it is. Christians should not shrink from acknowledging this fact; to the contrary, they should insist on it. Indeed, the point Lu ... belief. Hume's argument that belief in miracles introduction 7.
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Jerry L. Walls. against traditional Christian belief. Hume's argument that belief in miracles could never be rational is obviously hostile to eschatology for it renders irrational the conviction that Christ is risen and will come again ...
Jerry L. Walls. against traditional Christian belief. Hume's argument that belief in miracles could never be rational is obviously hostile to eschatology for it renders irrational the conviction that Christ is risen and will come again ...
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... beliefs about rewards in the afterlife for Muslim martyrs. It is not too much to say that some of the most passionately ... belief in God and while most continue to affirm resurrection, there is a fundamental divide over how Americans ...
... beliefs about rewards in the afterlife for Muslim martyrs. It is not too much to say that some of the most passionately ... belief in God and while most continue to affirm resurrection, there is a fundamental divide over how Americans ...
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... belief that the final dispensation is the millennium, a literal thousand-year reign of Christ that will occur after his Second Coming. Dispensationalism is the best-known version of the position called premillennialism, the view that ...
... belief that the final dispensation is the millennium, a literal thousand-year reign of Christ that will occur after his Second Coming. Dispensationalism is the best-known version of the position called premillennialism, the view that ...
Contents
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ESCHATOLOGY IN DISTINCT CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS AND THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENTS | 213 |
ISSUES IN ESCHATOLOGY | 343 |
Emerging Issues in Eschatology in the TwentyFirst Century | 671 |
Index | 691 |
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