The End(s) of Time(s)
Apocalypticism, Messianism, and Utopianism through the Ages
Published on 22. April 2021
Book
Hardback
404 pages
978-90-04-46102-4 (ISBN)
Description
In times of crises, be it about climate change, the pandemic corona virus, or democratic struggles, there is an unwaning interest worldwide in the end of times and related themes such as apocalypticism, messianism, and utopianism. This concerns scholarship and society alike, and is by no means limited to the religious field.
The present volume collates essays from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects. With its interdisciplinary approach, it is designed to overcome the existing Euro-centrism and incorporate a broader perspective to the topic of end time expectations in the Christian Middle Ages as well as in East Asia and Africa.
Contributors include: Gaelle Bosseman, Wolfram Brandes, Matthias Gebauer, Juergen Gebhardt, Vincent Goossaert, Klaus Herbers, Matthias Kaup, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Thomas Kruempel, Richard Landes, Zhao Lu, Rolf Scheuermann, and Julia Eva Wannenmacher.
The present volume collates essays from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects. With its interdisciplinary approach, it is designed to overcome the existing Euro-centrism and incorporate a broader perspective to the topic of end time expectations in the Christian Middle Ages as well as in East Asia and Africa.
Contributors include: Gaelle Bosseman, Wolfram Brandes, Matthias Gebauer, Juergen Gebhardt, Vincent Goossaert, Klaus Herbers, Matthias Kaup, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Thomas Kruempel, Richard Landes, Zhao Lu, Rolf Scheuermann, and Julia Eva Wannenmacher.
Reviews / Votes
"The volume's strength lies more in the excellent quality of most of its individual contributions, which are rather diverse in terms of (theoretical) approaches and disciplines involved." - Lukas K. Pokorny, Religious Studies Review, 22 (2022).More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Annotated edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
735 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-46102-4 (9789004461024)
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Person
Dr Hans-Christian Lehner (1982) is research fellow of Medieval History at the ICRH in Erlangen. His monograph Prophetie zwischen Eschatologie und Politik (2015) was focusing on prognostics as outlined in medieval historiography. He edited, translated, and annotated the 12th century Visio Tnugdali (with Maximilian Nix, 2018). With Matthias Heiduk and Klaus Herbers he edited the handbook Prognostication in the Middle Ages (2 vols. 2021).
Content
List of Figures and Tables
The End(s) of Time(s): An Introduction
?Hans-Christian Lehner
Part 1
1 Christian Perspectives on History, Eschatology, and Transcendence in the Latin Christian Middle Ages
?Klaus Herbers
2 Byzantine Predictions of the End of the World in 500, 1000, and 1492 AD
?Wolfram Brandes
3 The Great Peace and the Ends of Time in Early Imperial China
?Zhao Lu
4 Tibetan Buddhist Dystopian Narratives and their Pedagogical Dimensions
?Rolf Scheuermann
5 Ragnaroek: Prophecies and Notions of the End Time in Old Norse Religion
?Thomas Kruempel
6 An Overview of Baha'i Eschatology, in a Tapestry of Five Strands
?Bernardo Bertholin Kerr
Part 2
7 Beatus of Liebana and the Spiritualized Understanding of Apocalypse in Medieval Iberia
?Gaelle Bosseman
8 Muhammad, Mahdi, Antichrist: Muslims in Joachim of Fiore's Apocalyptic Eschatology
?Julia Eva Wannenmacher
9 The Infernal Trinity as Passivized Pacemaker of Salvation History: Satan's Particular Eschatological Activity in Anonymus Bambergensis' Tracts De semine scripturarum and De principe mundi
?Matthias Kaup
Part 3
10 Competing Eschatological Scenarios during the Taiping War, 1851-1864
?Vincent Goossaert
11 The Messianic Quest for an Earthly Paradise in the Modern Era of Revolution
?Juergen Gebhardt
12 Indigenous Millennialism: Murabitun Sufism in the Black African townships of South Africa
?Matthias Gebauer
13 Apocalyptic Millennialism: The Most Powerful, Volatile, Imaginary Force in Human History
?Richard Landes
Index
The End(s) of Time(s): An Introduction
?Hans-Christian Lehner
Part 1
1 Christian Perspectives on History, Eschatology, and Transcendence in the Latin Christian Middle Ages
?Klaus Herbers
2 Byzantine Predictions of the End of the World in 500, 1000, and 1492 AD
?Wolfram Brandes
3 The Great Peace and the Ends of Time in Early Imperial China
?Zhao Lu
4 Tibetan Buddhist Dystopian Narratives and their Pedagogical Dimensions
?Rolf Scheuermann
5 Ragnaroek: Prophecies and Notions of the End Time in Old Norse Religion
?Thomas Kruempel
6 An Overview of Baha'i Eschatology, in a Tapestry of Five Strands
?Bernardo Bertholin Kerr
Part 2
7 Beatus of Liebana and the Spiritualized Understanding of Apocalypse in Medieval Iberia
?Gaelle Bosseman
8 Muhammad, Mahdi, Antichrist: Muslims in Joachim of Fiore's Apocalyptic Eschatology
?Julia Eva Wannenmacher
9 The Infernal Trinity as Passivized Pacemaker of Salvation History: Satan's Particular Eschatological Activity in Anonymus Bambergensis' Tracts De semine scripturarum and De principe mundi
?Matthias Kaup
Part 3
10 Competing Eschatological Scenarios during the Taiping War, 1851-1864
?Vincent Goossaert
11 The Messianic Quest for an Earthly Paradise in the Modern Era of Revolution
?Juergen Gebhardt
12 Indigenous Millennialism: Murabitun Sufism in the Black African townships of South Africa
?Matthias Gebauer
13 Apocalyptic Millennialism: The Most Powerful, Volatile, Imaginary Force in Human History
?Richard Landes
Index