Life After Life

CONTENTS Forward Introduction CHAPTER I. NEW TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGY A: Terminological Understanding of the Kingdom of God. B: Characteristics of the Kingdom. C : Relationship Between the Present and the Future: Escha-tology of the New Testament CHAPTER II : HOPE A: General Notion B: Biblical Vocabulary C: Object of Hope D: Motives of Christian Hope E: Scriptural Reflections. F: Theological Reflections G : Hope Works in the Present in View of the Future. H: Christian Hope Inseparable from Love Demands the Task of Human Liberation CHAPTER III: PAROUSIA OF THE LORD A: Preliminary Section B: Mark Chapter C: Parousia Doctrine in the Rest of N.T. Teachings CHAPTER IV : JUDGEMENT A: Judgement in O.T. B: Judgement in N.T. C: TraditionConcemingJudgement D: Theological Reflections CHAPTERV: DEATH A: Introductory Part B : Death from the Christian Point of View C: Scriptural Teaching D: Theological Conclusions CHAPTER VI: HELL A: Introductory Part B: The Concept of Hell in Scripture C: Nature of the Final Punishment D: Eternity of Hell and the Universal Restoration Theory E: Theological Reflection: Eternal Damnation a Possibility CHAPTER VII: PURGATORY 107 A: Scripture B: Tradition from the time of Augustine C: Theological Conclusion: Purgatory- a Final Stage of Purification CHAPTER VIII: LIFE AFTER LIFE : A LIFE OF RESURRECTION A: Introductory Section B: Revelation in the Scripture C: Concluding Section NOTES