Concept information
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aging and the life course
death and dying
conceptualizations of death
philosophical perspectives on death
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human development
death and dying
conceptualizations of death
philosophical perspectives on death
Preferred term
eschatology
Definition
- Eschatology deals with questions about the final destination of human beings, including the question of an afterlife. When people face life's finitude, they feel a need for a perspective that extends beyond mortality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Eschatology]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/eschatology
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