Apocalypse And Millennium

Author : Kenneth G. C. Newport
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2000-08-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521773342

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Apocalypse and Millennium by Kenneth G. C. Newport Pdf

"Apocalypse and Millennium argues that far from being a random sequence of bizarre statements, millennial schemes (including the setting of dates for the second coming of Christ) are more often characterised by highly complex and internally consistent interpretations of scripture. Such interpretations do not always result in positive outcomes. As an example, the work of David Koresh is examined at length. Koresh, styled by some the 'Wacko from Waco', clearly had views which some would find odd. However, his interpretation of scripture did not lack system or context, and to see him in that light is to begin to understand why his message had appeal, particularly to those of the Seventh-day Adventist tradition. The final three chapters in this book outline Koresh's thinking on end-time events and trace the line of his interpretative tradition from nineteenth-century Millerism through Seventh-day Adventism and Davidianism (which began in 1929)."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Thomas Robbins,Susan J. Palmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136049903

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Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem by Thomas Robbins,Susan J. Palmer Pdf

As we approach the Millennium, apocalyptic expectations are rising in North America and throughout the world. Beyond the symbolic aura of the millennium, this excitation is fed by currents of unsettling social and cultural change. The millennial myth ingrained in American culture is continually generating new movements, which draw upon the myth and also reshape and reconstruct it. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem examines many types of apocalypticism such as economic, racialist, environmental, feminist, as well as those erupting from established churches. Many of these movements are volatile and potentially explosive. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem brings together scholars of apocalyptic and millennial groups to explore aspects of the contemporary apocalyptic fervor in all orginal contributions. Opening with a discussion of various theories of apocalypticism, the editors then analyze how millennialist movements have gained ground in largely secular societal circles. Section three discusses the links between apocalypticism and established churches, while the final part of the book looks at examples of violence and confrontation, from Waco to Solar Temple to the Aum Shinri Kyo subway disaster in Japan. Contributors: James Aho, Dick Anthony, Robert Balch, Michael Barkun, John Bozeman, David Bromley, Michael Cuneo, John Dimitrovich, John Hall, Massimo Introvigne, Philip Lamy, Ronald Lawson, Martha Lee, Barbara Lynn Mahnke, Vanessa Morrison, Mark Mullins, Ansun Shupe, Susan Palmer, Thomas Robbins, Philip Schuyler and Catherine Wessinger.

Author : Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199839438

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Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman Pdf

In this highly accessible discussion, Bart Ehrman examines the most recent textual and archaeological sources for the life of Jesus, along with the history of first-century Palestine, drawing a fascinating portrait of the man and his teachings. Ehrman shows us what historians have long known about the Gospels and the man who stands behind them. Through a careful evaluation of the New Testament (and other surviving sources, including the more recently discovered Gospels of Thomas and Peter), Ehrman proposes that Jesus can be best understood as an apocalyptic prophet--a man convinced that the world would end dramatically within the lifetime of his apostles and that a new kingdom would be created on earth. According to Ehrman, Jesus' belief in a coming apocalypse and his expectation of an utter reversal in the world's social organization not only underscores the radicalism of his teachings but also sheds light on both the appeal of his message to society's outcasts and the threat he posed to Jerusalem's established leadership.

Author : Valeriy Sterkh
Publisher : Litres
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9785042559471

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Apocalypse. Millennium. Chiliasm and Chillegorism by Valeriy Sterkh Pdf

Deals with one of the most mysterious passages from John’s Revelation, chapter 20, which describes the Millennial Kingdom. The book also features the analysis of the interpretative tradition for this prophesy based on the written sources, some of which are quoted for the first time for the purposes of this research.

Author : Morton D. Paley
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191584688

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Apocalypse and Millennium in English Romantic Poetry by Morton D. Paley Pdf

The interrelationship of the ideas of apocalypse and millennium is a dominant concern of British Romanticism. The Book of Revelation provides a model of history in which apocalypse is followed by millennium, but in their various ways the major Romantic poets - Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley - question and even at times undermine the possibility of a successful secularization of this model. No matter how confidently the sequence of apocalypse and millennium seems to be affirmed in some of the major works of the period, the issue is always in doubt: the fear that millennium may not ensue emerges as a significant, if often repressed, theme in the great works of the period. Related to it is the tension in Romantic poetry between conflicting models of history itself: history as teleology, developing towards end time and millennium, and history as purposeless cycle. This subject-matter is traced through a selection of works by the major poets, partly through an exposition of their underlying intellectual traditions, and partly through a close examination of the poems themselves.

Author : Duncan Wu
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1999-10-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0631218777

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A Companion to Romanticism by Duncan Wu Pdf

The Companion to Romanticism is a major introductory survey from an international galaxy of scholars writing new pieces, specifically for a student readership, under the editorship of Duncan Wu.

Author : Kirsten Moana Thompson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791480335

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Apocalyptic Dread by Kirsten Moana Thompson Pdf

In Apocalyptic Dread, Kirsten Moana Thompson examines how fears and anxieties about the future are reflected in recent American cinema. Through close readings of such films as Cape Fear, Candyman, Dolores Claiborne, Se7en, Signs, and War of the Worlds, Thompson argues that a longstanding American apocalyptic tradition permeates our popular culture, spreading from science-fiction and disaster films into horror, crime, and melodrama. Drawing upon Kierkegaard's notion of dread—that is, a fundamental anxiety and ambivalence about existential choice and the future—Thompson suggests that the apocalyptic dread revealed in these films, and its guiding tropes of violence, retribution, and renewal, also reveal deep-seated anxieties about historical fragmentation and change, anxieties that are in turn displaced onto each film's particular "monster," whether human, demonic, or eschatological.

Author : James Reston, Jr.
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999-02-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780385483360

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The Last Apocalypse by James Reston, Jr. Pdf

Accomplished historical author James Reston, Jr., presents the enthralling saga of how the Christian kingdoms converted, conquered, and slaughtered their way to dominance in Europe as the year 1000 approached. Through Reston's brilliant narrative and engaging portraits of the unforgettable historical characters who embodied the struggle for the soul of Europe, students are introduced to a pivotal period in history during which an old order was crumbling, and terrifying, confusing new ideas were gaining hold in the populace. From the righteous fury of the Viking queen Sigrid the Strong-Minded, who burned unwanted suitors alive; to the brilliant but too-cunning Moor, al-Mansur the Illustrious Victor; to the aptly named English king Ethelred the Unready; to the abiding genius of the age, Pope Sylvester II—warrior kings and concubine empresses, maniacal warriors and religious zealots bring this stirring period to life.

Author : Edward F. Edinger
Publisher : Open Court Publishing
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 081269516X

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Archetype of the Apocalypse by Edward F. Edinger Pdf

The collective belief in Armageddon has become more powerful and widespread in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Edward Edinger looks at the chaos predicted by the Book of Revelation and relates it to current trends including global violence, AIDS, and apocalyptic cults.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016

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Revelation by Anonim Pdf

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Author : George Bush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOM:39015063639069

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The Millennium of the Apocalypse by George Bush Pdf

Author : Natasha O'Hear,Anthony O'Hear
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199689019

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Picturing the Apocalypse by Natasha O'Hear,Anthony O'Hear Pdf

This book fills these gaps in a striking and original way by means of ten concise thematic chapters which explain the origins of these concepts from the book of Revelation in an accessible way. These explanations are augmented and developed via a carefully selected sample of the ways in which the concepts have been treated by artists through the centuries. The 120 visual examples are drawn from a wide range of time periods and media including the ninth-century Trier Apocalypse, thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse Manuscripts such as the Lambeth and Trinity Apocalypses, the fourteenth-century Angers Apocalypse Tapestry, fifteenth-century Apocalypse altarpieces by Van Eyck and Memling, Dürer and Cranach's sixteenth-century Apocalypse woodcuts, and more recently a range of works by William Blake, J.M.W. Turner, Max Beckmann, as well as film posters and film stills, cartoons, and children's book illustrations.

Author : Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307773579

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Preparing for the Twenty-First Century by Paul Kennedy Pdf

Kennedy's groundbreaking book The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers helped to reorder the current priorities of the United States. Now, he synthesizes extensive research on fields ranging from demography to robotics to draw a detailed, persuasive, and often sobering map of the very near future--a bold work that bridges the gap between history, prophecy, and policy.

Author : Homer Ritchie,F. Kenton Beshore,Lonnie Shipman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : End of the world
ISBN : 0970063954

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The Millennium, the Apocalypse and Armageddon by Homer Ritchie,F. Kenton Beshore,Lonnie Shipman Pdf

Author : P. Lamy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781489960764

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Millennium Rage by P. Lamy Pdf

. When a leading presidential candidate feels comfortable proclaiming he'll destroy "the New World Order"--A code word for the supposed minority-led, worldwide conspiracy - it cannot be a moment too soon to learn the truth about the covert symbols, spreading zealotry, and deadly machinations of the armies of millennium rage