pareschatology
/ˌparɛskəˈtɒlədʒi/Theology
noun
In the theology of John Hick: the theory or study of the status of human life between physical death and the final state.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in John Hick (b. 1922). From para- + eschatology, after Hellenistic Greek παρέσχατος penultimate.