In The Telos of History, Samuel G. Parkison draws on hermeneutics, church history, and philosophy to construct a dogmatic theology of eschatology that anchors the end of history in the person of Christ.

Parkison argues that Christian eschatology can counter a modern secular understanding of history by demonstrating that history has a purposeful end—a telos—in Christ and his work in redemptive history. He keeps the focus on what most Christians throughout history have always held as central to an understanding of the end time, while engaging disputed issues such as the millennium and the rapture with scholarly care.

What The Telos of History offers:

• Constructs a positive, Protestant ecumenical eschatology grounded in what Christians have consistently affirmed throughout church history
• Demonstrates that eschatology is not peripheral but central to the Christian life
• Defends the amillennial position as both theologically coherent and historically affirmed in the early church
• Presents the beatific vision, seeing God face-to-face, as the ultimate hope of the eschaton

An ideal textbook for courses in eschatology, historical theology, or hermeneutics, this book also helps readers see how much agreement lies beneath the many views Christians hold on the end times. The ultimate fulfillment of history is found not in disputed timelines or contested systems, but in Christ himself.