单词 | pareschatology |
释义 | pareschatologyn. Theology. In the theology of John Hick: the theory or study of the status of human life between physical death and the final state. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > doctrines concerning the soul > [noun] pareschatology1976 1976 J. Hick Death & Eternal Life i. 22 Whereas eschatology is the doctrine of the eschata or last things, and thus of the ultimate state of man, pareschatology is, by analogy, the doctrine of the para-eschata, or next-to-last things, and thus of the human future between the present life and man's ultimate state. 1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Apr. 390/4 He examines in detail Western and Eastern pareschatologies (ie, pictures of what happens between death and an ultimate state). 1985 Philos. East & West 35 342 The monistic picture under discussion is a particular Hindu eschatology, rather than a ‘pareschatology’. That is, it is a picture of the ultimate post-mortem state.., rather than a picture of what happens between death and that ultimate state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1976 |
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