Approaching the apocalypse a short history of Christian millenarianism /
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Elektroninen E-kirja |
| Kieli: | englanti |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2008.
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Sisällysluettelo:
- Introduction
- The roots of the idea
- The biblical basis
- The return of Christ
- Millenarians among the church fathers
- Apocalypse then : the year 1000
- Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202 CE)
- The Black Death and other plagues
- Apocalypse and civil war (1500 CE and after)
- Edward Irving (1792-1834 CE) and the Catholic Apostolic movement
- Across the pond
- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814 CE) and her followers
- J.J. Jezreel : the trumpeter and his tower
- An Anglican Israel at the end of time : the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury
- 'Somewhere a place for us' : modern utopias
- Christian missions and the cargo cults
- Figures of the Messiah : David Koresh and the Waco siege
- 'Apocalypse now' : celebrating the millennium on or after 2000 CE.