Brings together students of Scripture, the history of Christianity, and various contemporary theologies so that readers can consider and debate the ways diverse and often conflicting eschatological narratives, images and beliefs might bear on the new millennium.
About the Author
James J. Buckley received his doctorate from the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University. He has recently become Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola College, USA. L. Gregory Jones is Dean of the Divinity School and Professor of Theology at Duke University, USA.
Features
Explores the impact of theology and eschatology - the study of ‘last things' or ‘the end' - at the beginning of the new millennium.
Brings together students of Scripture, the history of Christianity, and various contemporary theologies in one volume.
Explores various movements and ideologies, including medieval millenarian movements, competing modern and post-modern utopias, as well as ideologies of despair and violence.
Will enable readers to debate the ways varying and often conflicting eschatological narratives, images and beliefs might bear on the new millennium.
Will inspire debate amongst readers about how these diverse uses of eschatology can make the millennium a parable of more significant, and holy, endings.
