![]() ![]() The narratives are presented so as to give the reader an overview of the whole process from death to resurrection to final consignment in the abodes of reward or of punishment. Interpretations of the materials related to each of these periods are provided first from the writings of the classical exegetes and theologians, and then from those of contemporary Muslim thinkers and writers. Second is the series of events that will take place at the time of judgment, which are detailed thoroughly by the Qur’an. First is the period between individual death and the coming of the day of resurrection, about which the Qur’an says little and the traditions a great deal. The text looks at two distinct periods of time in the ongoing story of life after death in Islam. Recent world events have served only to heighten those interests and to raise new questions about how Muslims understand the developments that are to signal the coming of the day of resurrection, whether martyrs have immediate access to paradise, who are the black‐eyed maidens waiting in paradise for the believers, and who will intercede for communities of Muslims, Christians, and Jews at the final judgment. Islamic concepts of life after death, reward and punishment, human decision, and divine judgment have always held a certain fascination for Western readers. ![]() The research found that Kingdom Theology is better equipped to address social wrongs and to seek socio-political justice.Ĭontribution: The investigation presented the Kingdom Theology of the classic Reformed tradition as a corrective to the notion of Public Theology and indicated that the ethic Kingdom Theology can address the totality of life and the social order fundamentally, and is not inhibited by contexts, temporality and historic spaces. ![]() This investigation presented Kingdom Theology, developed in the classic Reformed tradition as a corrective to the dualisms in Public Theology. Although a clear definition of Public Theology is not possible at this stage of the discourse due to a variety of fundamental ideas promoted by the various exponents of Public Theology, certain dualisms can be discerned in the presentations by public theologians. The investigation attended to the historical roots of the movement to understand the notion of defining theology as a mere social programme where the principles are sought in a contextual reading from the context of the reader – thus a reading ‘from below’. This article investigated the metatheoretical assumptions of the contemporary discourse about Public Theology. Public theology or kingdom theology? Thoughts on the social relevance of Reformed Theology. ![]()
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