<RESEARCH NOTE>Contemporary significance of eschatology in the Bible and the Koran

[Abstract] People have continued self-forming in some social relationships among family, community, religion and nations. Is there any spiritual foundation for self-forming in current Japanese society? Unlike Western and Middle East countries in which the human spiritual foundation is based on Christian value and Islamic value, in Japan the lack of values and principles have been pointed out by many researchers. I wonder it is possible to create new solidarity and social ties in Japan. I think it is impossible to create the new solidarity in the future in Japan, without each people\u27s independence, And I came to the thought that Eschatology in the Bible and the Koran would be a help to stimulate individual independence and to create a new solidarity. Therefore, I summarize the views of philosophers and researchers who discuss Eschatological beliefs in the Bible and the Koran, and I examine the possibility of Eschatology in Japan.著者主要担当科目: 相談援助，社会的養