CHAPTER I

[1] The question of the end of history cannot be abandoned.

[2] Is the question unanswerable?

[3] The association of philosophic inquiry in general with theology.

[4] This association applies "above all" to philosophizing concerning history.

[5] A philosophy of history that is severed from theology does not perceive its subject matter.

[6] What is the meaning of the "return to theology"?

[7] The complication of philosophic thought by this return.

[8] Prophecy and history.

[9] The particular complication of investigation of the End, arising from the prophetic character of the theological pronouncement associated with it.

[10] The special nature of the association of investigation of the End in the philosophy of history with the theological interpretation of prophecy.

[11] The possibility of answering the question concerning the End on the basis of experience.

[12] Credo ut intelligam. The end of philosophy.

CHAPTER II

[1] The grain of truth in nihilism.

[2] There is no annihilation.

[3] Man is called upon to survive the end of time.

[4] How is the end of history to be conceived?

[5] The present's sense of the future.

[6] The inadequacy of the concepts optimism and pessimism.

[7] An outline of faith in progress.

[8] Kant and the philosophy of progress.

[9] Fichte, Novalis, Gorres.

[10] The opportunity of "ages of uncertainty".

CHAPTER III

[1] Contemporary man and the notion of the Antichrist.

[2] Correct understanding of the Antichrist presupposes theology in toto.

[3] What is the meaning of "Dominion of the Antichrist"?

[4] The figure of the Antichrist.

CONCLUSION Readiness for the blood-testimony and affirmation of created reality.

INDEX