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eschatology in major religious traditions  

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  • The concept of eschatology, or the study of the last days, is derived from the Greek words eschatos and logos, the combined meaning of which is the study of the end or last things. Thus, it refers to the final events in religious history or the history of the end of the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Eschatology in Major Religious Traditions]

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