End of Days
Essays on the Apocalypse from Antiquity to Modernity
Published on 23. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
393 pages
978-0-7864-4204-1 (ISBN)
Description
The idea of the complete annihilation of all life is a powerful and culturally universal concept. As human societies around the globe have produced creation myths, so too have they created narratives concerning the apocalyptic destruction of their worlds. This book explores the idea of the apocalypse and its reception within culture and society, bringing together 17 essays that explore both the influence and innovation of apocalyptic ideas from classical Greek and Roman writings to the foreign policies of today's United States.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
6 photos, notes, bibliographies, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
569 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-4204-1 (9780786442041)
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Persons
Karolyn Kinane is associate director of pedagogy and faculty engagement at the University of Virginia Contemplative Sciences Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. She researches and teaches on many aspects of contemplative inquiry including approaches to reading, writing, teaching, and learning. Michael A. Ryan is an associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
(Karolyn Kinane and Michael A. Ryan)
Teaching the End of Days: Medieval Meets Modern Apocalypse in the Classroom
(Brett Edward Whalen)
PART I. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION
Ancient Visions: The Roots of Judeo-Christian Apocalypse
(Casey Starnes)
Beatus of Liebana: Medieval Spain and the Othering of Islam
(Kevin R. Poole)
"Seeing" the Apocalyptic City in the Fourteenth Century
(Tessa Morrison)
Social Upheaval and the English Doomsday Plays
(Lisa LeBlanc)
Flight from the Apocalypse: Protestants, Puritans and the Great Migration
(Carmen Gomez-Galisteo)
J. Edmestone Barnes, a Jamaican Apocalyptic Visionary in the Early Twentieth Century
(Richard Smith)
"Tidings out of the East": World War I, the Eastern Question and British Millennialism (Eric Michael Reisenauer)
Nazi End Times: The Third Reich as Millennial Reich
(David Redles)
PART II. POLITICAL AND POPULAR
Protestant Evangelicals and U.S. Policy Towards Israel
(Husam Mohamad)
At the Edge of Tomorrow: Apocalypticism and Science Fiction
(Lorenzo DiTommaso)
"A Human Incarnate": Puritans and Parody in Good Omens
(Therese-Marie Meyer)
The End-Times Narratives of the American Far-Right
(Johann Pautz)
The Left Behind Series and Its Place Within the American Evangelical Subculture (Nancy A. Schaefer)
Gaming Armageddon: Leaving Behind Race, Class and Gender
(Evelyn Stiller)
Apocalyptic Thought in UFO-Based Religions
(Benjamin E. Zeller)
Zombie Apocalypse: Plague and the End of the World in Popular Culture
(Rikk Mulligan)
About the Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
(Karolyn Kinane and Michael A. Ryan)
Teaching the End of Days: Medieval Meets Modern Apocalypse in the Classroom
(Brett Edward Whalen)
PART I. DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION
Ancient Visions: The Roots of Judeo-Christian Apocalypse
(Casey Starnes)
Beatus of Liebana: Medieval Spain and the Othering of Islam
(Kevin R. Poole)
"Seeing" the Apocalyptic City in the Fourteenth Century
(Tessa Morrison)
Social Upheaval and the English Doomsday Plays
(Lisa LeBlanc)
Flight from the Apocalypse: Protestants, Puritans and the Great Migration
(Carmen Gomez-Galisteo)
J. Edmestone Barnes, a Jamaican Apocalyptic Visionary in the Early Twentieth Century
(Richard Smith)
"Tidings out of the East": World War I, the Eastern Question and British Millennialism (Eric Michael Reisenauer)
Nazi End Times: The Third Reich as Millennial Reich
(David Redles)
PART II. POLITICAL AND POPULAR
Protestant Evangelicals and U.S. Policy Towards Israel
(Husam Mohamad)
At the Edge of Tomorrow: Apocalypticism and Science Fiction
(Lorenzo DiTommaso)
"A Human Incarnate": Puritans and Parody in Good Omens
(Therese-Marie Meyer)
The End-Times Narratives of the American Far-Right
(Johann Pautz)
The Left Behind Series and Its Place Within the American Evangelical Subculture (Nancy A. Schaefer)
Gaming Armageddon: Leaving Behind Race, Class and Gender
(Evelyn Stiller)
Apocalyptic Thought in UFO-Based Religions
(Benjamin E. Zeller)
Zombie Apocalypse: Plague and the End of the World in Popular Culture
(Rikk Mulligan)
About the Contributors
Index