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eschatology  

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  • 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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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-F0TDN16N-S

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