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This fifth and final volume of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s ambitious five-volume systematic theology develops a constructive Christian eschatology and ecclesiology in dialogue with the Christian tradition, with contemporary theology in all its global and contextual diversity, and with other major living faiths—Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. In Part One of the book Kärkkäinen discusses...

Testament, both in relation to Jesus traditions (Matt. 13:42, 49–50; 22:13; 24:51; 25:10–46; and Synoptic parallels)5 and apostolic teachings (2 Thess. 1:9; Heb. 6:2; Jude 7; Rev. 14:10–14).6 That said, despite its wide, almost universal attestation in Christian tradition until modernity, there is no single understanding of hell.7 What might be called the “traditional” understanding (in the sense that it has occupied the majority position throughout history) includes the following arguments (or something
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