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The question of the progress, the apocalyptic end, and the completion of history and the question of the life after death and the resurrection of the human person differ and are interconnected in the religions at the same time. The individual's completion and the completion of the world, the historical communities and humankind are conditional on each other. The world religions offer more than an interpretation of present history and the present world and existence of the human race. They also convey to humankind a theory of world history and of history before and above world history. This interpretation of universal history in the religions can be apocalypticism as the theory of the end of the world or apocalypticism and eschatology as the theory of the end, completion, and transfiguration of world and history. The completion of the world is inseparable from the completion of the individual human life in immortality and vice versa. Immortality is described in the Abrahamic religions as personal resurrection; in Hinduism as entering the divine self, the Atman; and in Buddhism as being united with the Buddha. How do the religions interpret universal history and what statements do they make about life after death? Leading scholars of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have created with this volume a first-hand source of information, which enables the reader to gain a better understanding of these five world religions and their teachings about the end of history and the life after death of the human person.

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Author:   P. Koslowski
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048160280

ISBN 10:   9048160286
Pages:   142
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Progress, Apocalypticism and the Completion of History, and Life after Death in the World Religions: Introduction.- Reincarnation and Personal Immortality: The Circle and the End of History in Hinduism.- The Immortality of the Soul and the Problem of Life and Death in The Zen-Buddhist Thought of Dogen.- On Apocalypticism in Judaism.- Discussion of the Progress of History, Apocalypticism, Rebirth, and the Immortality of the Soul in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism.- The Progress and End of History, Life after Death, and the Resurrection of the Human Person in Christianity.- The Islamic Doctrine of the Eschatological Completion of History and Eternal Life.- Discussion of the Progress and Completion of History, Life after Death, and the Resurrection of Human Persons in Christianity and Islam.- The Progress and End of History, Life after Death, and the Resurrection of the Human Person in the World Religions: An Attempt at a Synthesis from a Christian Perspective.- Concluding Discussion of the Progress and Completion of History, Life after Death, and Resurrection in the World Religions.- Conversation between the Representatives of the World Religions after the Conclusion of the Public Discourse.- Contributors.- Index of Persons.

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