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Apocalypticism
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1. Scope 1.1.
Definition Apocalypticism, which was forged within the Judeo-Christian tradition, comprises a literary genre, a set of eschatological concepts, and a world-renouncing lifestyle. Apocalypticism differs from eschatology, millenarianism, and messianism. Eschatology reflects on the end of the old aeon, apocalypticism on the way to the new aeon. Millenarianism appeals to the vision of a millennium without work or government, apocalypticism to an otherworldly lifestyle. Messianism counts on …
Millenarianism/Chiliasm
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[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. New Testament – III. Church History – IV. North America – V. Systematic Theology – VI. Islam – VII. China
I. Religious Studies Millenarianism (chiliasm) refers to the notion of a 1,000-year (Lat.
millenarius, Gk χίλια/
chília) period ¶ immediately preceding the Last Judgment and the end of the world. This conception of world history (see also II) derives from Jewish apocalypticism (III) and became widespread over time, being interpreted in various ways depending on the age and cultural envi…
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Religion Past and Present
Exotic Resonances: Hiroshima in American Memory
(57 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 13: The U…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
The Oxford Companion to United States History
(168 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 1: Refere…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
Reagan as President: Contemporary Views of the Man, His Politics, and His Policies
(112 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 25: The U…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
Fallout: A Historian Reflects on America's Half-Century Encounter with Nuclear Weapons
(128 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 25: The U…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
(93 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 1: Refere…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
(118 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 27: Race,…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
Fallout: A Historian Reflects on America's Half-Century Encounter with Nuclear Weapons
(151 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 27: Race,…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
Fallout: A Historian Reflects on America's Half-Century Encounter with Nuclear Weapons
(159 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 14: The U…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
(126 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 14: The U…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
From Activism to Apathy: The American People and Nuclear Weapons, 1963-1980
(121 words)
Bibliographic entry in Chapter 16: Unite…
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The SHAFR Guide Online
