Jakob Wirén, Ph.D. (2013), is Reader in Systematic Theology at Lund University and research fellow at the Church of Sweden Research Unit. He is also the theological advisor of Archbishop Antje Jackelén. Jakob Wirén’s most recent book is Utmaningsdriven undervisning (Verbum 2017).

“Jakob Wirén’s study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. He sophisticatedly explores how Christian, Jewish and Muslim eschatologies are open to the religious ‘Other’. He then returns to his own Christian theological tradition to incorporate what he has discovered to develop a more eschatologically open picture, while keeping Christologically rooted and liturgically relevant. This is a challenging and important book.”̶- Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology.“This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology.”- Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology.

• Preface1 Introduction1.1 The Task1.2 The Context of This StudyTheologies of Religions: IntroductionThe Threefold ParadigmThe Threefold Paradigm and This StudyBeyond the Threefold Paradigm? i: Particularism as a Fourth OptionBeyond the Threefold Paradigm? ii: Comparative Theology1.3 Methodological ConsiderationsThe Method of CorrelationA Revised Method of CorrelationA Revised Method of Correlation as Comparative Theology?Introducing the Heuristic Tools1.4 Material1.5 Terminological ConsiderationsHow Some of the Terms are InterrelatedThe Concepts of Hope and EschatologyThe Concepts of Other and OthernessOtherness and Theological Integrity1.6 The Structure of This Study2 Christian Eschatologies and the Religious Other2.1 IntroductionEschatological Positions vis-à-vis the Religious Other2.2 The Foundation: Four CornerstonesTruth and the Religious Other: Joseph RatzingerHope and the Religious Other: Jürgen MoltmannHistory and the Religious Other: Wolfhart PannenbergThe Real and the Religious Other: John Hick2.3 The Rise of the Notion of the Religious Other in Christian Eschatology‘Old Doctrines for New Jobs’: Gavin D’CostaRespecting Other’s Religious Ends: S. Mark Heim2.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools3 A Wider Horizon: Hope and Otherness in Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies3.1 Introduction3.2 Hope and Otherness in Muslim EschatologiesIntroductionA Taxonomy of Contemporary Muslim ThinkersIntroducing Muslim Theologies of ReligionsPicturing Paradise: Mujtaba Musavi LariEschatology and Ethical Criteria: Fazlur RahmanThe Vision of Islam: William C. ChittickRevisiting the Heuristic Tools3.3 Jewish EschatologiesIntroductionContemporary Jewish TheologyIntroducing Jewish Theologies of ReligionsElection: Michael Wyschogrod and the Chosen PeopleThe Messiah: Steven Schwarzschild and a Theology of WaitingThe Resurrection of the Dead: Neil Gillman and the HereafterRevisiting the Heuristic Tools3.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools4 Towards a Christian Eschatology with Theological Integrity for the Religious Other4.1 Introduction4.2 Theological Space: Religious Otherness ReassessedIntroductionContributions from Muslim and Jewish EschatologiesLinguistic HospitalityDeath and Otherness4.3 Theological Interplay: Eschatological Otherness ReassessedIntroductionContributions of Muslim and Jewish EschatologiesThe Apophatic Nature of the EschatonA Tradition-Specific Determination of the Eschaton?4.4 The Heavenly BanquetThe Feast as a Human SymbolThe Feast as a Religious SymbolThe Heavenly Banquet as a Christian Symbol4.5 ConclusionReferencesIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects

Jakob Wirén, Ph.D. (2013), is Reader in Systematic Theology at Lund University and research fellow at the Church of Sweden Research Unit. He is also the theological advisor of Archbishop Antje Jackelén. Jakob Wirén’s most recent book is Utmaningsdriven undervisning (Verbum 2017).

“Jakob Wirén’s study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. He sophisticatedly explores how Christian, Jewish and Muslim eschatologies are open to the religious ‘Other’. He then returns to his own Christian theological tradition to incorporate what he has discovered to develop a more eschatologically open picture, while keeping Christologically rooted and liturgically relevant. This is a challenging and important book.”̶- Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology.“This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology.”- Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology.

• Preface1 Introduction1.1 The Task1.2 The Context of This StudyTheologies of Religions: IntroductionThe Threefold ParadigmThe Threefold Paradigm and This StudyBeyond the Threefold Paradigm? i: Particularism as a Fourth OptionBeyond the Threefold Paradigm? ii: Comparative Theology1.3 Methodological ConsiderationsThe Method of CorrelationA Revised Method of CorrelationA Revised Method of Correlation as Comparative Theology?Introducing the Heuristic Tools1.4 Material1.5 Terminological ConsiderationsHow Some of the Terms are InterrelatedThe Concepts of Hope and EschatologyThe Concepts of Other and OthernessOtherness and Theological Integrity1.6 The Structure of This Study2 Christian Eschatologies and the Religious Other2.1 IntroductionEschatological Positions vis-à-vis the Religious Other2.2 The Foundation: Four CornerstonesTruth and the Religious Other: Joseph RatzingerHope and the Religious Other: Jürgen MoltmannHistory and the Religious Other: Wolfhart PannenbergThe Real and the Religious Other: John Hick2.3 The Rise of the Notion of the Religious Other in Christian Eschatology‘Old Doctrines for New Jobs’: Gavin D’CostaRespecting Other’s Religious Ends: S. Mark Heim2.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools3 A Wider Horizon: Hope and Otherness in Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies3.1 Introduction3.2 Hope and Otherness in Muslim EschatologiesIntroductionA Taxonomy of Contemporary Muslim ThinkersIntroducing Muslim Theologies of ReligionsPicturing Paradise: Mujtaba Musavi LariEschatology and Ethical Criteria: Fazlur RahmanThe Vision of Islam: William C. ChittickRevisiting the Heuristic Tools3.3 Jewish EschatologiesIntroductionContemporary Jewish TheologyIntroducing Jewish Theologies of ReligionsElection: Michael Wyschogrod and the Chosen PeopleThe Messiah: Steven Schwarzschild and a Theology of WaitingThe Resurrection of the Dead: Neil Gillman and the HereafterRevisiting the Heuristic Tools3.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools4 Towards a Christian Eschatology with Theological Integrity for the Religious Other4.1 Introduction4.2 Theological Space: Religious Otherness ReassessedIntroductionContributions from Muslim and Jewish EschatologiesLinguistic HospitalityDeath and Otherness4.3 Theological Interplay: Eschatological Otherness ReassessedIntroductionContributions of Muslim and Jewish EschatologiesThe Apophatic Nature of the EschatonA Tradition-Specific Determination of the Eschaton?4.4 The Heavenly BanquetThe Feast as a Human SymbolThe Feast as a Religious SymbolThe Heavenly Banquet as a Christian Symbol4.5 ConclusionReferencesIndex of NamesIndex of Subjects