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Description:"Consistently fascinating & informative. Anyone interested in millennialism & apocalypticism can find fresh, superbly informed, intelligent & learned approaches to the topics from Biblical times to the present."--Jon Butler, Yale University From disaster movies to cult movements, apocalyptic images surround us at the end of the current millennium. Fearful Hope provides a wide range of thought-provoking essays probing the meaning & significance of millennial expectations & apocalyptic visions. From John J. Collins's essay on the sense of ending in pre-Xian Judaism to Paul Boyer's discussion of apocalyptic fears & foreboding in the 20th century, Fearful Hope explores the apocalyptic in both religion & secular culture, discussing biblical prophets, medieval manuscripts, cult movements & even the current obsession with conspiracy in tv shows like The X-Files. Finally, Archbishop Rembert Weakland & Bishop Johannes Hempel stress the importance of maintaining hope in our own age. This volume of essays focuses on the evolution of millenial thought from the ancient & biblical past thru the Middle Ages & Renaissance to the present day, providing a deeper understanding of the influence of millennial speculation on past & contemporary religious movements & popular secular culture.IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction: three millennial themes/Kleinhenz & LeMoineThe sense of an ending in pre-Xian Judaism/John J. CollinsHope for the millennium in the early church/Henry ChadwickTo the scandal of men, women are prophesying/Bernard McGinnBeyond the apocalypse: the human Antichrist in late medieval illustrated manuscripts/Richard K. EmmersonMadness & the millennium at Münster 1534-35/H.C. Erik MidelfortApocalypticism in Russian literature/David M. BetheaThe apocalyptic in the 20th century/Paul BoyerEnd-time paranoia: conspiracy thinking at the millennium's close/Michael BarkunHope in the face of crisis/Archbishop Rembert G. WeaklandXian faith & witness amidst political oppression: a glance back to church life in E. Germany 1970-90/Bishop Johannes HempelApocalyptic experience & the conversion of women in early Xianity/LeMoineAbbot Joachim of Fiore: a reformist apocalyptic/E. Randolph DanielEarly Protestant views of the Book of Revelation/Robert M. KingdonAmerican Puritans & millennialism/Sargent Bush JrIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium. To get started finding Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press (Madison)

Release: 1999

ISBN: 0299164349

Description: "Consistently fascinating & informative. Anyone interested in millennialism & apocalypticism can find fresh, superbly informed, intelligent & learned approaches to the topics from Biblical times to the present."--Jon Butler, Yale University From disaster movies to cult movements, apocalyptic images surround us at the end of the current millennium. Fearful Hope provides a wide range of thought-provoking essays probing the meaning & significance of millennial expectations & apocalyptic visions. From John J. Collins's essay on the sense of ending in pre-Xian Judaism to Paul Boyer's discussion of apocalyptic fears & foreboding in the 20th century, Fearful Hope explores the apocalyptic in both religion & secular culture, discussing biblical prophets, medieval manuscripts, cult movements & even the current obsession with conspiracy in tv shows like The X-Files. Finally, Archbishop Rembert Weakland & Bishop Johannes Hempel stress the importance of maintaining hope in our own age. This volume of essays focuses on the evolution of millenial thought from the ancient & biblical past thru the Middle Ages & Renaissance to the present day, providing a deeper understanding of the influence of millennial speculation on past & contemporary religious movements & popular secular culture.IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsIntroduction: three millennial themes/Kleinhenz & LeMoineThe sense of an ending in pre-Xian Judaism/John J. CollinsHope for the millennium in the early church/Henry ChadwickTo the scandal of men, women are prophesying/Bernard McGinnBeyond the apocalypse: the human Antichrist in late medieval illustrated manuscripts/Richard K. EmmersonMadness & the millennium at Münster 1534-35/H.C. Erik MidelfortApocalypticism in Russian literature/David M. BetheaThe apocalyptic in the 20th century/Paul BoyerEnd-time paranoia: conspiracy thinking at the millennium's close/Michael BarkunHope in the face of crisis/Archbishop Rembert G. WeaklandXian faith & witness amidst political oppression: a glance back to church life in E. Germany 1970-90/Bishop Johannes HempelApocalyptic experience & the conversion of women in early Xianity/LeMoineAbbot Joachim of Fiore: a reformist apocalyptic/E. Randolph DanielEarly Protestant views of the Book of Revelation/Robert M. KingdonAmerican Puritans & millennialism/Sargent Bush JrIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium. To get started finding Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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