Evangelical Millennialism in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-2000

Zusatztext 'Crawford Gribben is a prolific scholar of this contemporary culture and its early modern antecedents, and this lucid survey in the history of ideas is a further valuable (and expensive) product of a decade's labour in this distinctive plot... fine work.' - Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'This volume properly calls attention to a neglected theme and provides a masterly overview of the subject both chronologically and analytically. Every seminary library needs to have it on its shelves.' - Baptist Quarterly Informationen zum Autor CRAWFORD GRIBBEN is Professor of Early Modern British History in the School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University Belfast, and is the author of a number of books on the literary cultures of puritanism and evangelicalism. Klappentext This book offers the first complete overview of the intellectual history of one of the most significant contemporary cultural trends ¿ the apocalyptic expectations of European and American evangelicals ¿ in an account that guides readers into the origins, its evolution, and its revolutionary potential in the modern world. Zusammenfassung This book offers the first complete overview of the intellectual history of one of the most significant contemporary cultural trends – the apocalyptic expectations of European and American evangelicals – in an account that guides readers into the origins, its evolution, and its revolutionary potential in the modern world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Glossary Introduction The Emergence of Evangelical Millennialism, 1500-1600 The Formation of Evangelical Millennialism, 1600-1660 The Consolidation of Evangelical Millennialism, 1660-1800 The Expansion of Evangelical Millennialism, 1800-1880 The Contest of Evangelical Millennialism, 1880-1970 The Dominance of Evangelical Millennialism, 1970-2000 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: C Gribben, C. Gribben, Professor of Early Modern British History Gribben, Professor of Early Modern British History Crawford (Queen's University Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast Queen's University Belfast Queen's Universit Gribben
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781349283835
• ISBN: 978-1-349-28383-5
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; B, Cultural History, Social History, Social & cultural history, world history, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Colonialism & imperialism, Philosophy of religion, imperialism, World History, Global and Transnational History, Civilization—History, Palgrave History Collection, Imperialism and Colonialism, Religion—Philosophy, apocalyptic;history;intellectual history;revolution