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The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology (2014) is a volume edited by John J. Collins.

Abstract

"The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology provides an invaluable critical survey of this diverse body of thought and practice from a variety of perspectives: biblical, historical, theological, philosophical, and cultural. Through centuries of Christian thought-from the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformation-eschatological issues were of the utmost importance. In other religions, too, similar concerns were central to the shaping of the beliefs, practices, and identities of believers. 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 several phenomena that restored eschatology to the forefront of religious thought."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Contents

Biblical and patristic eschatology : --; Old Testament eschatology and the rise of apocalypticism /; Bill T. Arnold --; Apocalyptic eschatology in the ancient world /; John J. Collins --; The eschatology of the New Testament church /; Christopher Rowland --; Eschatology and the quest for historical Jesus /; Benedict T. Viviano --; Eschatology in the early church fathers /; Brian Daley --; Eschatology in world religions : --; Jewish eschatology /; David Novak ;; Muslim eschatology /; William C. Chittick --; Buddhist eschatology /; Jan Nattier --; Hindu eschatology /; David M. Knipe --; The end is nigh :; failed prophecy, apocalypticism, and the rationalization of violence in new religious eschatologies /; Christopher Partridge --; Eschatology in distinct Christian traditions and theological movements : --; Roman Catholic Theology /; Peter C. Phan --; Eastern Orthodox eschatology /; Andrew Louth --; Protestant theology /; Gerhard Sauter --; Fundamentalist theology /; Robert G. Clouse --; Pentecostal and charismatic theology /; Frank D. Macchia --; Process eschatology /; David Ray Griffin --; Liberation theology :; a latitudinal perspective /; Vítor Westhelle --; Eschatology in Christian feminist theologies /; Rosemary Radford Ruether --; Theological issues : --; Church, ecumenism, and eschatology /; Douglas Farrow --; Millennialism /; Timothy P. Weber --; Eschatology and resurrection /; Stephen T. Davis --; Heaven /; Jerry L. Walls --; Hell /; Jonathan L. Kvanving --; Purgatory /; Paul J. Griffiths --; Universalism /; Thomas Talbott --; Annihilationism /; Clark H. Pinnock --; Death, final judgment, and the meaning of life /; David Bentley Hart --; Philosophical and cultural issues : --; Modernity, history, and eschatology /; Wolfhart Pannenberg --; Eschatology and politics /; Stephen H. Webb --; Eschatology and theodicy /; Michael L. Peterson --; Human nature, personal identity, and eschatology /; Charles Taliaferro --; Ethics and eschatology /; Max L. Stackhouse --; Cosmology and eschatology /; Robert Russell --; Eschatology and epistemology /; William J. Abraham --; Time, eternity, and eschatology /; William Lane Craig --; Near-death experiences /; Carol Zaleski --; Eschatology in fine art /; Heidi J. Hornik --; Eschatology in pop culture /; Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence --; Conclusion :; emerging issues in eschatology in the twenty-first century /; Richard Bauckham.

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