Is there an interreligious potential in the way we approach death and eschatology?Christian eschatology often suggests a unity that puts an end to religious otherness. It is difficult to find explicit, appreciative statements of any kind of otherness in many eschatologies. Given this situation, how can a Christian eschatology articulate hospitality and room for the religious Other as other? And what potential is there in the eschatological image of heavenly banquet?
K E Y W O R D Sdeath, eschatology, heavenly banquet, hospitality, religious other, theology of religions
DEATH AND THE OTHER; DEATH AS THE OTHEROn the one hand, death is one of the few certainties of human existence. It is the inevitable destiny of all human beings, and Dialog. 2018;57:271-278.
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