Millenarianism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Strachan
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
The World ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Revolution ◽  
Second Coming

There was a Romantic-era generation of religious thinkers, philosophers, and poets who believed that the chaotic events in France after the Revolution of 1789 were apocalyptic, the period spoken of in the Book of the Apocalypse, that they were portents of the end of the world and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, who would return and usher in a ‘Millennium’, a thousand-year period of justice, equity and love. This video essay looks at the concept of Millenarianism in the 1790s and early 1800s as it was evident in the work of such key Romantic writers as Blake, Coleridge, Southey and Wordsworth. It tracks the way in which belief in a in a literal Millennium gave way to a more symbolic and psychological Millennium as the 1790s wore on.

scholarly journals A Short Apocalyptic Text Based on the Prophecy of Ezra (Esdras Salathiel)

Aethiopica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Getatchew Haile
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Apocalyptic Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Events ◽  
The Law ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
Second Coming

The main themes of the text, occasionally ascribed to Ezra (Salathiel), are the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, the end of the world, the future rulers of Ethiopia, and the honouring of the Sabbaths. It is cast in the spirit of 4 Ezra, quoting it and Jubilees occasionally and extensively. As in 4 Ezra, its author is interested in knowing and declaring the future to call the faithful to observe the law and the ordinances. Reckoning the time by cycles, aqmar, provides him the revelation of future events ‘with exact dates’. The text, composed before the sixteenth century, is one more source of Gǝʿǝz apocalyptic literature. The article is an edition and translation of it as preserved in EMML 6429, fols 9v–39r.

scholarly journals The Theological-Eschatological Implications of Name Michael in Jude

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Rico Taga Javien
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
Sudden Appearance ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
The Devil ◽  
Second Coming

The pastoral epistle of Jude is shrouded with rich theological significance, in spite of its shortness. Theological themes like order of salvation, faith, mission, worship, judgment, great controversy, second coming, and the end of the world, and others are interwoven in the fabric of Jude. It means that Jude starts with protology and ends with climactic and cosmic victorious eschatology, particularly the resurrection of the righteous.             The sudden appearance of Michael, the Archangel heightens the conflict in Jude. Scholars from the different camps admit Jude 9 where Michael appears in contending the devil over the body of Moses, is the most perplexing text in the entire epistle. Jesus Christ eschatological name is: Michael. The name is so significant particularly in the conflict of Moses’ resurrection to glory. Satan by all means struggled to prevent him to be resurrected and taken from his territory, for he claimed Moses belonged to his kingdom because he was a sinner.             In epistle of Jude the great controversy does not end of the temporal life, the physical death but even extended until the day of resurrection. Whenever, Michael is referred to in the Bible, are all in the contexts of intense violence, war, death, hopelessness and resurrection and triumph. Michael is the heavenly warrior who defends victoriously for His people who will end the great controversy in grandest victory, is indeed the highlight of Jude’s eschatology.     Keywords: Michael; devil; Moses; contending; conflict; struggle; apostasy; the great controversy

Paul’s Map and Territory: Rethinking the Work of the Apostle in Light of Ancient Cartography

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-107
Author(s):  
Eric Smith
Keyword(s):  
Space And Place ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
2 Corinthians ◽  
Roman World ◽  
The World ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
Ancient Maps ◽  
The Way

Abstract Paul had a clear understanding of how his calling and his work mapped onto geography. In contexts where he felt that others were encroaching on his territory, as in Galatians and 2 Corinthians, Paul could be very angry and defensive. Likewise, when Paul was writing to people in territories that he did not consider part of his purview, such as in Romans, he was deferential and submissive. In all three cases—in Galatians and 2 Corinthians when Paul was being defensive about his territory, and in Romans when he was being deferential—Paul used a particular word, κλίµα, to designate geography—a word he never used in any other context. This article puts this observation in conversation with ancient mapping, which relied on “process descriptions” of space and place rather than “state descriptions.” That is, ancient cartography privileged the process of movement or travel, and in contrast to most modern mapping, ancient maps didn’t usually make use of any external system of reference. One particular map, the Peutinger Map, helps illustrate this phenomenon. Understanding how ancient maps organized space, we can begin to understand Paul’s notions of territory and the way they determined which places he felt compelled to visit. By knowing something about Paul’s maps and geographies, we can make sense of his language in Romans 15, where territory played a pivotal role in his self-understanding as an apostle and in his trajectory across the Roman world, “from Jerusalem and as far around as Illyricum,” but also onward to Spain and to the end of the world.

'Mission In Christ's Way': The Way of Which Christ?

Exchange ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 270-277
Author(s):  
Gnana Robinson
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Local Churches ◽  
Power Struggle ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
The Way

AbstractAll Churches and Missionary Movements in different parts of the world assert without hesitation that in all that they do, they follow the way of Jesus Christ. But the gross injustice in international economic dealings promoted by the so-called 'Christian Nations' in the world and the consequent widening of the gap between the rich and the poor in the world, the discrimination of people on the basis of creed, class, race and colour practised by many Christians and the power-struggle and corruption found in many local churches make the world wonder, the way of which Christ these Christians follow! The image of the Biblical Jesus is that of the Servant-leader, crowned with thorns, who emptied himself of all worldly riches, pomp and power and laid down his life as a ransom for many. Since the time of Emperor Constantine, this thorn-crowned servant Jesus is turned into a gold-crowned King, an anti-Christ with the face of 'Mammon', the idol of riches and power. Since one cannot worship God and Mammon at the same time, it is mandatory on the part of us all faithful Christians, to introspect ourselves and decide, the way of which Christ we want to follow.

scholarly journals Blogging about the End Times: Dealing with the Fringes of Archaeology

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Johan Normark
Keyword(s):  
Ancient Maya ◽  
Specific Time ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The World ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
Transformation Of Consciousness ◽  
End Times ◽  
The Way

The 2012-phenomenon is based on the idea that something important was expected to occur on December 21, 2012, a date associated with the ancient Maya Long Count calendar. Even though the date has passed, the overall phenomenon is unlikely to disappear because the dominant themes of the end of the world and/or a transformation of consciousness can be found in other ‘alternative’ histories. These non-academic histories are ultimately apocalyptic in nature. The 2012-phenomenon is also an example of an ‘incorporeal hyperobject’, i.e. an object widely distributed and repeated. It is not anchored in a specific time-space unit but it is manifested in many different corporeal objects. The 2012-phenomenon is different from the academic Mayanist incorporeal hyperobject because each of them uses different distinctions of what exists or not. These different objects cannot communicate directly in different media ecologies since different distinctions have formed each one. Hence, there can never be a sincere understanding of each camp. Only by perturbing another object can information be translated into meaning. The blog is such a medium that can affect incorporeal hyperobjects. This article discusses the way one blog has interacted with the 2012-phenomenon.

scholarly journals THE FEMINIST HUNGARIAN FOLKTALE AS POSTMODERN COMBINATORICS – THE ANALYSIS OF CSENGE VIRÁG ZALKA'S STORY-BOOK TITLED RIBIZLI A VILÁG VÉGÉN [CURRANT AT THE END OF THE WORLD]

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
PATRIK BAKA
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Literary Creation ◽  
Traditional Form ◽  
The World ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
Story Writer ◽  
The Way

In this paper we analyze the first story-book of the internationally renowned contemporary Hungarian storyteller, Csenge Virág Zalka. In the first section we investigate the differences between folktale and literary tale, storyteller and story writer, further-/retold heritage and own creation as well as how the boundaries between them destabilize if we note down the folktale originally living in the oral traditional form. Furthermore, we will be discussing the female horizon prevalent in the Zalkaian tale-variants as well as the all-time topicality of the stories by putting the contemporary social and psychological analogies and taboo-breaking procedures of the tales in the foreground. In the focus of our investigation the Ribizli a világ végén [Currant at the End of the World] stands as a literary creation, which although we (also) analyze with an approach coming from the relevant literature of folktales and remade fairy tales, we do this all the way through the analysis in light of the postmodern text-organizing strategies.

Martyrs and Tricksters

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Armbrust
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Egyptian Revolution ◽  
Age Of Revolution ◽  
Cultural Biography ◽  
The World ◽  
Egyptian History ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Revolution

The Egyptian Revolution of 2011 began with immense hope, but was defeated in two and a half years, ushering in the most brutal and corrupt regime in modern Egyptian history. How was the passage from utmost euphoria into abject despair experienced, not only by those committed to revolutionary change, but also by people indifferent or even hostile to the revolution? This book explores the revolution through the lens of liminality—initially a communal fellowship, where everything seemed possible, transformed into a devastating limbo with no exit. To make sense of events, the book looks at the martyrs, trickster media personalities, public spaces, contested narratives, historical allusions, and factional struggles during this chaotic time. It shows that while martyrs became the primary symbols of mobilization, no one took seriously enough the emergence of political tricksters. Tricksters appeared in media—not the vaunted social media of a “Facebook revolution” but television—and they paved the way for the rise of Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi. In the end, Egypt became a global political vanguard, but not in the way the revolutionaries intended. What initially appeared as the gateway to an age of revolution has transformed the world over into the age of the trickster. The book is a powerful cultural biography of a tragic revolution.

Performing the Passion: Strategies for Salvation in the Life of Stefana Quinzani (d. 1530)

2009 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 218-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cordelia Warr
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
The Cross ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
Second Coming

In Italy, the years around 1500 were fraught for a number of reasons. There were renewed fears about the second coming of Christ and the end of the world. The expansion of the Ottoman Empire gave rise to a sense of instability and impending doom. In this climate many people became increasingly concerned about their fate in the afterlife and the need to be prepared for death and judgement. Central to this was the doctrine of purgatory. Yet, in the first decades of the sixteenth century, ideas surrounding purgatory were highly contested as heretical ideas from northern Europe began to filter into northern Italy. This paper investigates Catholic beliefs about the alleviation of purgatorial suffering through a case study of one holy woman from the north of Italy, the Dominican tertiary, Stefana Quinzani, who, according to a letter of 4 March 1500 written by Duke Ercole d’Este, endured every Friday ‘the whole of the Passion in her body, stage by stage, from the Flagellation to the Deposition from the Cross’.

scholarly journals Proses Kreatif: Edison dan Bell dalam Revolusi Komunikasi

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andi Susilo
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Creative Process ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Night And Day ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Revolution

Everybody knows Edison is one of greatest Inventors in the world, eventhough He just improved other people’s creation, But He worked hard night and day to get the inspiration. On other hand Bell did invent the telephone on the simple way. What we would like to know about them, it may be on the way of their different creative process. This article describes the revolution of communication technology is begun from both of them

scholarly journals Định kiến xã hội - một vỉa hiện thực mới trong tiểu thuyết và truyện ngắn của Nam Cao trước Cách mạng

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 11-26
Author(s):  
Văn Tùng Nguyễn
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Literary Realism ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The World ◽  
Vietnamese Literature ◽  
Social Prejudice ◽  
The Way ◽  
The Revolution

The research article focuses on the question of social prejudice in the novels and short stories of Nam Cao before the Revolution. This survey clarifies the position of writer Nam Cao in the trend of literary realism in particular and contributes about the artistic ideas of Nam Cao to modern Vietnamese literature. The author uses the method of documentary research, methods of systematization, generalizations besides some research skills such as analysis, demonstration, comparison... Since then, the research article has clarified the manifestation of the problem of social prejudice through the world of iconography, the environment, the cause of social prejudice, the way of explaining social prejudice and some solutions of the writer.

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