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Subject(s)

• Eschatology—Handbooks, manuals, etc [Browse]

Editor

Walls, Jerry L. [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Handbooks and manuals [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks [More in this series]

Summary note

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.

Notes

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Part I. Historical Eschatology. A. 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
• B. 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
• Part II. 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
• Part III. Issues in Eschatology. A. 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
• B. 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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Other title(s)

• Handbook of eschatology
• Eschatology
• Oxford handbooks online

ISBN

• 9780199892143
• 0199892148

LCCN

2006032576

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