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Contents Preface vii Principal Abbreviations xv Part One. The Dynamic of Hope 1. The Christian Virtue of Hope and the Epistemological Underpinnings of Christian Eschatology 3 Part Two. The Object of Christian Hope 2. Parousia: The Future Coming of the Lord Jesus in Glory 39 3. The Resurrection of the Dead 74 4. The New Heavens and the New Earth 115 5. Final Judgment 130 6. Heaven: Eternal Life in the Glory of Christ 149 7. Hell: The Perpetual Retribution of the Sinner 189 Part Three. The Stimulus of Hope in the World 8. The Living Presence of the Parousia 225 Part Four. Honing and Purifying Christian Hope 9. Death, the End of the Human Pilgrimage 253 10. Purgatory: The Purification of the Elect 286 11. The Implications of an “Intermediate Eschatology” 309 Part Five. The Power and Light of Hope 12. The Central Role of Christian Eschatology in Theology 329 Selected Bibliography 339 General Index 341 Index of Names 349 ...

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