Christian Eschatology

Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology STHO 6206 Christian Eschatology

Course for Spring 2016

Day: Monday

Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Location: Alfieri Hall

Professor: Rev. Peter Albano, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course provides an historical and systematic study of central eschatological themes: the Christian understanding of death; the relationship between resurrection and “immortality;” intermediate eschatology and its underlying anthropology; particular and final judgments; the final states in Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant thought; apocatastasis, universalism and conditional immortality; purgatory and the efficacy of suffrages for the dead; nature of eschatological language.

Course Explanation: Students will explore and develop through reflective, critical and creative thinking an understanding of the Christian faith-filled Mystery of the End: 'We believe in Jesus the Christ...who rose from the dead...ascended into Lewis Hall heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father... He will come again in glory to Seton Hall University judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will be without end. We 400 South Orange Avenue believe...in the Resurrection of the Dead and the Life of the World to Come.' South Orange, NJ 07079 Rev. Peter Albano, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology, received a Ph.D. in The Philosophy of Religion and Theology Claremont Graduate School in Claremont, Phone: (973) 761-9633 California and has done post-graduate studies in Philosophy and Education at Columbia Website: theology.shu.edu University in New York. He has previously taught courses such as The History of Philosophy; Engaging God in a Postmodern World; Religion, Science, and Technology; Email: [email protected] The Psychology of Religion; and Freedom, Fault, and Transcendence at various educational institutions across the United States. Photo Courtesy of: xinsheng.net