Eschatology, Liturgy and Christology: Toward Recovering an Eschatological Imagination

Too often the hoped-for eschaton has been replaced by an almost exclusive emphasis on the “four last things”—death and judgment, heaven and hell. But eschatology cannot be reduced to the individual salvation. In his new book, Rausch explores eschatology’s intersections with Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and, perhaps most intriguingly, liturgy. With the early Christians, he sees God’s future as a radically social reality, already present initially in Christian worship, especially in the celebration of the Eucharist.