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Chapter 18
Part III: Christian Theology:
18. Last Things: The Christian Hope.

QUESTIONS
 
1.

Explore the way in which one of the following ideas is used in the New Testament: heaven; resurrection; eternal life. You will find it helpful to use a biblical concordance in undertaking this project. [answer]

2.

Give a brief summary of the way in which either Rudolf Bultmann or Wolfhart Pannenberg interpreted the resurrection.[answer]

3.

Study the following list of terms: age of the spirit; demythologization; the rapture, the tribulation, the two cities. With whom would you associate each of them: Augustine of Hippo; Rudolf Bultmann; dispensationalism; Joachim of Fiore? [answer]

4.

Why is it unfashionable to speak of hell in many (but not all) Christian circles today? [answer]

5.

Will all go to heaven? [answer]

6.

Does the Christian hope relate to the present or to the future? [answer]