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Discovering the End of Time
Donald Harman Akenson
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Description for Discovering the End of Time
Hardback. A masterful study of the origins of apocalyptic millennialism, which lies at the heart of evangelical Christianity, came from. Num Pages: 548 pages, 17 photos, 5 maps. BIC Classification: HBG; HRA; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 237 x 43. Weight in Grams: 942.
Apocalyptic millennialism is embraced by the most powerful strands of evangelical Christianity. The followers of these groups believe in the physical return of Jesus to Earth in the Second Coming, the affirmation of a Rapture, a millennium of peace under the rule of Jesus and his saints, and, at last, final judgment and deep eternity. In Discovering the End of Time, Donald Akenson traces the primary vector of apocalyptic millennialism to southern Ireland in the 1820s and '30s. Surprisingly, these apocalyptic concepts - which many scholars associate with the poor, the ill-educated, and the desperate - were articulated most forcefully ... Read more
Apocalyptic millennialism is embraced by the most powerful strands of evangelical Christianity. The followers of these groups believe in the physical return of Jesus to Earth in the Second Coming, the affirmation of a Rapture, a millennium of peace under the rule of Jesus and his saints, and, at last, final judgment and deep eternity. In Discovering the End of Time, Donald Akenson traces the primary vector of apocalyptic millennialism to southern Ireland in the 1820s and '30s. Surprisingly, these apocalyptic concepts - which many scholars associate with the poor, the ill-educated, and the desperate - were articulated most forcefully ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
Number of Pages
548
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773546790
SKU
V9780773546790
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About Donald Harman Akenson
Donald Harman Akenson is Douglas Professor of History at Queen' s University and the author of God' s Peoples: Covenant and Land in South Africa, Israel, and Ulster, Small Differences: Irish Catholics and Irish Protestants, 1815-1922, ... Read more
Reviews for Discovering the End of Time
" [Akenson' s] considerable narrative skills not only hold things together in Discovering the End of Time, but also entice the willing reader into a richly detailed exploration of a little known moment in Irish history." New Hibernia Review