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Apocalypse Then Prophecy and the Making of the Modern World
Arthur H. Williamson
Book Code: C8508
ISBN: 0-275-98508-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98508-0
368 pages, figures
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 3/30/2008
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: While few intellectuals today accept the notion that the world is literally about to end through a prophesied supernatural act, between 1500 and 1800 many of Europe's and America's most creative minds did believe it. Perhaps most surprisingly, apocalyptic expectations played a central role during this period in creating secular culture--arguably the signal achievement of the post-medieval west. The topic is much with us still, as many on the religious right look to the end of days, a goal that seems closer than ever Apocalyptic ideas and expectations shaped the world in profound and enduring ways. In the Early Modern era, a deeply religious set of ideas proved instrumental in enabling people to see their world through prisms other than that of religion. The apocalypse underwrote the Reformation in the 16th century, the English Revolution in the 17th century, and the American Revolution in the 18th century. This book explores such themes through an examination of a range of major figures and events from the period. Why was the apocalypse--so alien to us today--so pivotal to the creation of our culture and to what we are? Only by seeing its central and often creative role historically within western civilizations can we meaningfully assess its significance to the current world. Only by grasping apocalypse then, can we truly understand apocalypse now.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Encountering the Beast
  • Chapter 2 Apocalypse Revived: The Reformation
  • Chapter 3 The Last World Empire and Its Competitors
  • Chapter 4 Prophecy and Nature: Science, Sex, and Salvation
  • Chapter 5 The British Revolutions: The Rise of Modern Politics
  • Chapter 6 Prophecy and Science II: Physics, Geology, and the Eschaton
  • Chapter 7 Apocalyptic Conscience in Crisis: Quakers, Jews, and Other Subversives
  • Chapter 8 Prophecy, Enlightenment, and the Democratic Revolutions
  • Chapter 9 Novus Ordo Saeculorum: The Rise of the Redeemer Republic
  • Chapter 10 Antichrist in the Post-Apocalyptic Age
LC Card Number: 2007044131
LCC Class: BL503
Dewey Class: 202
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Spring 2008.pdf
Greenwood History Spring 2008.pdf
Praeger Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
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