The Oxford handbook of eschatology / edited by Jerry L. Walls.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 724 p. ) ill. ;

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Eschatology is the study of the 'last things': death, judgment the afterlife, and the end of the world. 'The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology' will provide an important critical survey of this diverse body of thought and practice.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on print version record.
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English
Contents
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 pop culture / Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence
  • Conclusion : emerging issues in eschatology in the twenty-first century / Richard Bauckham.
Other title(s)
  • Eschatology
  • Oxford handbooks online.
ISBN
  • 9780199892143
  • 0199892148
LCCN
2006032576
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