Eschatological Concept

An Eschatological Concept is a theological concept that concerns end time events and ultimate destiny.

• AKA: End Times Concept, Last Things Concept, Final Judgment Concept.
• Context:
  • It can typically shape religious worldviews through prophetic interpretation.
  • It can typically influence social behavior via divine judgment expectation.
  • It can often motivate moral action through eternal consequence belief.
  • It can often generate apocalyptic movements during crisis periods.
  • It can range from being a Imminent Eschatological Concept to being a Distant Eschatological Concept, depending on its temporal expectation.
  • It can range from being a Individual Eschatological Concept to being a Cosmic Eschatological Concept, depending on its scope scale.
  • It can range from being a Optimistic Eschatological Concept to being a Pessimistic Eschatological Concept, depending on its outcome vision.
  • It can range from being a Linear Eschatological Concept to being a Cyclical Eschatological Concept, depending on its time conception.
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• Examples:
  • Religious Eschatological Concepts, such as:
    • Christian Eschatology for second coming belief.
    • Islamic Eschatology for day of judgment.
    • Hindu Eschatology for cosmic cycle.
  • Secular Eschatological Concepts, such as:
    • Technological Singularity for intelligence explosion.
    • Heat Death of Universe for thermodynamic end.
    • Antichrist Concept for opposition figure.
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• Counter-Examples:
  • Creation Concept, which concerns origin events.
  • Salvation Concept, which focuses on redemption process.
  • Providence Concept, which addresses divine guidance.
• See: Theological Concept, Antichrist Concept, Apocalypse Scenario, Religious Philosophy, End Times, Prophecy, Existential Risk.

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