Paul J. Griffiths is Warren Chair of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsPart I: The Grammar of the Last Things1 Lexicon2 Last Things Defined3 Annihilation: The First Last Thing4 Simple Stasis: The Second Last Thing5 Repetitive Stasis: The Third Last Thing6 Epektasy: Denying Last Things7 Iconicity: Representing Last ThingsPart II: Doctrine About Last Things8 Theology and Last Things9 Doctrine and Last Things10 The Doctrinal Schema11 The Narrative Arc12 Patterns of ThoughtPart III: Timespace13 The Lord's Eternity14 The Chronic Temporality of Creatures15 Time Damaged: Metronome16 Time Healed: Liturgy, Systole, FoldPart IV: Angels17 Thinking About Angels18 What Angels Are19 Angelic Fall20 Angelic Last ThingsPart V: Humans21 Human Flesh22 The Discarnate Intermediate State23 Human Last Things (1): Annihilation24 Human Last Things (2): Heaven25 Hell Reconstrued26 The Church's Last ThingPart VI: Plants, Animals, Inanimate Creatures27 Plants and Animals28 The Last Things of Plants and Animals29 Inanimate Creatures30 The Last Things of Inanimate CreaturesPart VII: The Last Things in the Devastation31 Opus Domini32 Trembling33 Delight34 Lament35 QuietusPart VIII: Bibliography36 Bibliographic Essays37 Bibliographic List

A consummate work of impressively detailed theological scholarship... -- Paul T. Vogel -- The Midwest Book Review

Paul J. Griffiths is Warren Chair of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsPart I: The Grammar of the Last Things1 Lexicon2 Last Things Defined3 Annihilation: The First Last Thing4 Simple Stasis: The Second Last Thing5 Repetitive Stasis: The Third Last Thing6 Epektasy: Denying Last Things7 Iconicity: Representing Last ThingsPart II: Doctrine About Last Things8 Theology and Last Things9 Doctrine and Last Things10 The Doctrinal Schema11 The Narrative Arc12 Patterns of ThoughtPart III: Timespace13 The Lord's Eternity14 The Chronic Temporality of Creatures15 Time Damaged: Metronome16 Time Healed: Liturgy, Systole, FoldPart IV: Angels17 Thinking About Angels18 What Angels Are19 Angelic Fall20 Angelic Last ThingsPart V: Humans21 Human Flesh22 The Discarnate Intermediate State23 Human Last Things (1): Annihilation24 Human Last Things (2): Heaven25 Hell Reconstrued26 The Church's Last ThingPart VI: Plants, Animals, Inanimate Creatures27 Plants and Animals28 The Last Things of Plants and Animals29 Inanimate Creatures30 The Last Things of Inanimate CreaturesPart VII: The Last Things in the Devastation31 Opus Domini32 Trembling33 Delight34 Lament35 QuietusPart VIII: Bibliography36 Bibliographic Essays37 Bibliographic List

A consummate work of impressively detailed theological scholarship... -- Paul T. Vogel -- The Midwest Book Review

Paul J. Griffiths is Warren Chair of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School.

• Preface and AcknowledgementsPart I: The Grammar of the Last Things1 Lexicon2 Last Things Defined3 Annihilation: The First Last Thing4 Simple Stasis: The Second Last Thing5 Repetitive Stasis: The Third Last Thing6 Epektasy: Denying Last Things7 Iconicity: Representing Last ThingsPart II: Doctrine About Last Things8 Theology and Last Things9 Doctrine and Last Things10 The Doctrinal Schema11 The Narrative Arc12 Patterns of ThoughtPart III: Timespace13 The Lord's Eternity14 The Chronic Temporality of Creatures15 Time Damaged: Metronome16 Time Healed: Liturgy, Systole, FoldPart IV: Angels17 Thinking About Angels18 What Angels Are19 Angelic Fall20 Angelic Last ThingsPart V: Humans21 Human Flesh22 The Discarnate Intermediate State23 Human Last Things (1): Annihilation24 Human Last Things (2): Heaven25 Hell Reconstrued26 The Church's Last ThingPart VI: Plants, Animals, Inanimate Creatures27 Plants and Animals28 The Last Things of Plants and Animals29 Inanimate Creatures30 The Last Things of Inanimate CreaturesPart VII: The Last Things in the Devastation31 Opus Domini32 Trembling33 Delight34 Lament35 QuietusPart VIII: Bibliography36 Bibliographic Essays37 Bibliographic List

A consummate work of impressively detailed theological scholarship... -- Paul T. Vogel -- The Midwest Book Review