Hope and Otherness: Christian Eschatology and Interreligious Hospitality

Wirén, Jakob

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“…24 In the remaining parts of this article, I continue the discussion on death and the hereafter and explore an eschatological image where our reflections on interreligious hospitality come to the fore. 24 In the remaining parts of this article, I continue the discussion on death and the hereafter and explore an eschatological image where our reflections on interreligious hospitality come to the fore.…”

Section: An Awareness Of Deathmentioning

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“…However, as has been argued elsewhere, Christian reflection and teaching on the afterlife often envision a Christian heaven with little or no room for the religious Other as other. 24 In the remaining parts of this article, I continue the discussion on death and the hereafter and explore an eschatological image where our reflections on interreligious hospitality come to the fore.…”

Section: An Awareness Of Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Interreligious hospitality: Reflections on death and eschatology

Wirén

2018

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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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Section: An Awareness Of Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: An Awareness Of Deathmentioning

confidence: 99%