Melanio L. Leal and Fides del Castillo
De La Salle University ,San Beda University
melanio.leal@dlsu.edu.ph, mleal@sanbeda.edu.ph,
fides.delcastillo@dlsu.edu.ph
Date Received: October 20, 2020; Date Revised: March 1, 2021
Asia Pacific Journal of Management and Sustainable Development
Vol. 9 No. 1, 27-33
March 2021 (Part II)
ISSN 2782-8557
Last Things: Understanding the Perceptions of Selected Filipino Youth on Eschatology 412 KB 4 downloads
Melanio L. Leal and Fides del Castillo De La Salle University ,San Beda University melanio.leal@dlsu.edu.ph,...This study examined the selected Filipino youth’s’ perceptions on eschatology, specifically, with its corollary doctrines on death, judgment, heaven, hell, purgatory, and Jesus Christ’s second coming (parousia). It employed a quantitative-descriptive type of research utilizing a survey questionnaire known as Researcher-made Instrument on Eschatology (RIE) and is responded to by 844 college students. Findings reveal that the participants have a vague or uncertain understanding of these doctrines. In comparing the participants’ eschatological perceptions in terms of gender, no significant differences were noted in hell and parousia. The result serves as a challenge for educators to reformulate a teaching approach about the topic backed up by new theological reflections.
Keywords – eschatology, theology, parousia, judgment, instruction