Approaching the apocalypse
Court, John M.
Approaching the apocalypse a short history of Christian millenarianism / [electronic resource] : John M. Court. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008. - xv, 232 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ([219]-224) and index.
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.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781845117580 1845117581 9781845117597 (pbk.) 184511759X (pbk.)
Millennialism--History.
Eschatology.
Second Advent.
Millennium (Eschatology)
2.36.909
Approaching the apocalypse a short history of Christian millenarianism / [electronic resource] : John M. Court. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008. - xv, 232 p. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references ([219]-224) and index.
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.
Available electronically via the Internet.
9781845117580 1845117581 9781845117597 (pbk.) 184511759X (pbk.)
Millennialism--History.
Eschatology.
Second Advent.
Millennium (Eschatology)
2.36.909