World Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Eschatology === {{main|Eschatology}} Eschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world. It is traditionally associated with religion, specifically with the [[Abrahamic religions]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eschatology |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/eschatology |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Owen |first1=H. |title=Encyclopedia of Philosophy |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/bible/bible-general/eschatology |chapter=Eschatology}}</ref> In this form, it may include teachings both of the end of each individual human life and of the end of the world as a whole. But it has been applied to other fields as well, for example, in the form of physical eschatology, which includes scientifically based speculations about the far future of the universe.<ref name="Halvorson">{{cite web |last1=Halvorson |first1=Hans |last2=Kragh |first2=Helge |title=Cosmology and Theology: 7. Physical eschatology |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmology-theology/#7 |website=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |access-date=13 April 2021 |date=2019}}</ref> According to some models, there will be a [[Big Crunch]] in which the whole universe collapses back into a singularity, possibly resulting in a second [[Big Bang]] afterward. But current astronomical evidence seems to suggest that our universe will continue to expand indefinitely.<ref name="Halvorson"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page