Eschatology from a Women’s Perspective: Women’s Voices in End Times Narratives
Rika Yanti1*, Otniel Otieli1, Timotius2
Abstract
The phenomenon of eschatology in the Christian tradition is often constructed from a male perspective, so that women’s voices rarely get significant space. This condition creates a theological gap, where women’s experiences filled with suffering, hope, and daily faith practices are often neglected in end-time narratives. This study aims to identify, analyze, and reconstruct women’s contributions to eschatological narratives, and emphasize the importance of women’s perspectives in developing inclusive theology. The methods used are a qualitative approach with narrative design, thematic analysis, theological literature study, and semi-structured interviews with four Christian women active in church ministry. The results of the study show five main findings: (1) the passive representation of women in the church’s eschatological narrative, (2) the emotional tension between fear and hope, (3) the active role of women in daily faith practices, (4) the need for women to rewrite eschatological theology, and (5) the meaning of eschatology as a vision of social transformation and liberation. This study emphasizes that women’s perspectives broaden the horizon of eschatology from merely futuristic doctrine to an inclusive, contextual, and transformative faith reality for church life.
Keywords:
Eschatology, women’s perspective, feminist theology, feminist hermeneutics, social transformation
