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The '''End Times''', also called the '''Last Days''', generally refers to the end of the world, or the end of time in religion. In Christianity, it refers to the time just before and during the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus Christ.  This period of time is foretold in the [[Old Testament]] prophetical books, such as [[Daniel]] and [[Ezekiel]], and in the [[New Testament]] with the [[Gospels]], several of the [[Pauline Epistles]], and in the [[Revelation]].  All theologians agree that the Bible spends a great deal of attention on the subject, but there is very wide disagreement as to the meaning.

The '''End Times''', also called the '''Last Days''', generally refers to the end of the world, or the end of time in religion. In Christianity, it refers to the time just before and during the [[Second Coming]] of Jesus Christ.  This period of time is foretold in the [[Old Testament]] prophetical books, such as [[Daniel]] and [[Ezekiel]], and in the [[New Testament]] with the [[Gospels]], several of the [[Pauline Epistles]], and in the [[Revelation]].  All theologians agree that the Bible spends a great deal of attention on the subject, but there is very wide disagreement as to the meaning.

[[Eschatology]] is the study of the last things: death, judgment, the afterlife, and the end of the world. Through centuries of Christian thought--from the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformation--these issues were central importance to theologians.  After the [[Enlightenment]] of the 18th century, however, many religious thinkers began to downplay the importance of eschatology which, in light of rationalism, came to be seen as something of an embarrassment. The twentieth century, however, saw the rise of [[Fundamentalism]] that placed eschatology back at the forefront of religious thought. Furthermore, there has been a proliferation of apocalyptic new religious movements.

[[Eschatology]] is the study of the last things: death, judgment, the afterlife, and the end of the world. Through centuries of Christian thought—from the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformation—these issues were central importance to theologians.  After the [[Enlightenment]] of the 18th century, however, many religious thinkers began to downplay the importance of eschatology which, in light of rationalism, came to be seen as something of an embarrassment. The twentieth century, however, saw the rise of [[Fundamentalism]] that placed eschatology back at the forefront of religious thought. Furthermore, there has been a proliferation of apocalyptic new religious movements.

[[File:End-time.jpg|thumb|400px|Dispensationalist interpretation]]

[[File:End-time.jpg|thumb|400px|Dispensationalist interpretation]]

==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Coker, Joe L. "Exploring the Roots of the  Dispensationalist /Princetonian 'Alliance': Charles Hodge And John Nelson Darby on Eschatology and Interpretation of Scripture." ''Fides et Historia'' 1998 30(1): 41-56. 0884-5379  

* Coker, Joe L. "Exploring the Roots of the  Dispensationalist /Princetonian 'Alliance': Charles Hodge And John Nelson Darby on Eschatology and Interpretation of Scripture." ''Fides et Historia'' 1998 30(1): 41-56. 0884-5379  

* Moorhead, James H. "Between Progress and Apocalypse: A Reassessment of Millennialism in American Religious Thought, 1800-1880," ''Journal of American History,'' Vol. 71, No. 3 (Dec., 1984), pp. 524-542 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1887470 in JSTOR]

* Moorhead, James H. "Between Progress and Apocalypse: A Reassessment of Millennialism in American Religious Thought, 1800-1880," ''Journal of American History,'' Vol. 71, No. 3 (Dec., 1984), pp. 524–542 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1887470 in JSTOR]

* Sandeen, Ernest R. "Toward a Historical Interpretation of the Origins of Fundamentalism." ''Church History'' 1967 36(1): 66-83. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3162345  in JSTOR]

* Sandeen, Ernest R. "Toward a Historical Interpretation of the Origins of Fundamentalism." ''Church History'' 1967 36(1): 66-83. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/3162345  in JSTOR]

* Sandeen, ''The Roots of Fundamentalism: British and American Millenarianism, 1800-1930'' (1970), the standard scholarly history

* Sandeen, ''The Roots of Fundamentalism: British and American Millenarianism, 1800-1930'' (1970), the standard scholarly history

* [http://www.nyu.edu/fas/projects/vcb/ChristianMedia/prophecy_premdisp.html "Prophecy and the End-Times: What is Premillennial Dispensationalism?"]

* [http://www.nyu.edu/fas/projects/vcb/ChristianMedia/prophecy_premdisp.html "Prophecy and the End-Times: What is Premillennial Dispensationalism?"]

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