| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 724 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Oxford handbooks |
|
Oxford handbooks.
|
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Eschatology.
|
|
Eschatology
|
|
Eschatologie.
|
| Genre/Form |
Electronic references sources
|
|
Handboeken (vorm)
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Walls, Jerry L.
|
| LC no. |
2006032576 |
| ISBN |
0199892148 |
|
9780199892143 |
|
