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=== Eschatology ===
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Eschatology refers to the science or doctrine of the last things or of the end of the world. It is traditionally associated with religion, specifically with the [[Abrahamic religions]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eschatology |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/eschatology |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Owen |first1=H. |title=Encyclopedia of Philosophy |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/bible/bible-general/eschatology |chapter=Eschatology}}</ref>
In this form, it may include teachings both of the end of each individual human life and of the end of the world as a whole. But it has been applied to other fields as well, for example, in the form of physical eschatology, which includes scientifically based speculations about the far future of the universe.<ref name="Halvorson">{{cite web |last1=Halvorson |first1=Hans |last2=Kragh |first2=Helge |title=Cosmology and Theology: 7. Physical eschatology |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmology-theology/#7 |website=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy |publisher=Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University |access-date=13 April 2021 |date=2019}}</ref> According to some models, there will be a [[Big Crunch]] in which the whole universe collapses back into a singularity, possibly resulting in a second [[Big Bang]] afterward. But current astronomical evidence seems to suggest that our universe will continue to expand indefinitely.<ref name="Halvorson"/>