Preface: The Recovery of Theology in the Service of the Church -- Beyond Nihilism -- Hope in Biblical Traditions -- A Model for Faithful Theological Conversation / Jim Kitchens -- Mark 13: Apocalypse Fulfilled / Douglas Dobson -- Heaven in Revelation / Douglas Fletcher -- Gospel Endings of the Resurrection / F. Harry Daniel -- The Witness of the Resurrection / Laird J. Stuart -- Theological Views of Christian Hope -- The Vision of God in Thomas Aquinas / Ken Williams -- "Things above Us Do Not Concern Us" (Luther) / Virgil F. Thompson -- Kierkegaard Goes to the Eschaton / Rush Otey -- God's Relation to Nonbeing in Paul Tillich's Thought / John R. Christopherson -- "Amidst the Melancholy of These Days" (William Stringfellow) / Randy Cooper -- Eschatological Hope Today -- The Bible's Master Story / Allen C. McSween, Jr. -- The Cross as an Eschatological Act of God / Richard L. Floyd -- Our Hope for Years to Come / John B. Rogers -- Eschatological Transfiguration of the Moral Life / Joseph DeRoulhac, Jr. -- Eternal Life -- Theology-Science Dialogue -- Breaking the Cycle of Conflict / Paul A. Wee -- The Beginning and the End / Richard J. Coleman -- Christian Eschatology: Prescription for Life / Byron C. Bangert -- God's Time and Our Time in a Time of Science / Charles Valenti-Hein -- Incarnation and Eschatology / Deborah Rahn Clemens -- Cultural Intimations -- Medical Technology and Eschatological Hope / Barry H. Downing -- Health in This Life and the Life of the World to Come / Pamela Fickenscher.