Eschatology
<p><b >Eschatology</b> <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/En-uk-eschatology.ogg" title="Listen" ><img src="/42f1febe-d41e-5862-8b8c-15b2530f99cb.png"/></a><sup class="noexcerpt" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En-uk-eschatology.ogg" title="File:En-uk-eschatology.ogg" >i</a></sup><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >ˌɛskəˈtɒlədʒi</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English" >/</a> (from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a> <i ><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%94%CF%83%CF%87%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:ἔσχατος" >ἔσχατος/ἐσχάτη/ἔσχατον</a>, eschatos/eschatē/eschaton</i>meaning "last" and <i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-logy" title="-logy" >-logy</a></i> meaning "the study of", first used in English around 1550)<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology#cite_note-0" >[1]</a></sup> is a part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" title="Theology" >theology</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy" >philosophy</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurology" title="Futurology" class="mw-redirect" >futurology</a> concerned with what are believed to be the final events of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_world" title="History of the world" >history</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny" title="Destiny" >ultimate destiny</a> of humanity—commonly referred to as the "end of the world" or "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time" title="End time" >end time</a>".</p>