Description:An international group of theologians considers the importance of Christian eschatology - both to the life, authority and hope of the church in the world, and to contemporary life and thought generally. Issues addressed include the understanding of time, the nature of eschatological imagery, the status of apocalyptic and millenarian language, the political and ecological context of modern eschatology. Contributors include Richard Bauckham, Garrett Green, Trevor Hart, Jürgen Moltmann, Christoph Schwöbel and Anthony Thiselton.