Exile and Kingdom - History and Apocalypse in the Puritan Migration to America

Zusammenfassung By tracing the ideological origins of the Puritan migration within the context of the English apocalyptic tradition! Dr Zakai shows how Puritans transformed the premises of that tradition by rejecting the notion of England as God's elect nation and by conferring that title upon the American wilderness. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The creation of sacred time; 2. The creation of sacred space I; 3. The creation of sacred space II; 4. The creation of sacred space III; 5. The creation of sacred errand; 6. The creation of a sacred Christian society; 7. The creation of a holy Christian commonwealth; Index.

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• Autori: Avihu Zakai, Avihu (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Zakai
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthony Fletcher (Editore), John Guy (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521521420
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52142-0
• Pagine: 276
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo