Calling Time
Religion and Change at the Turn of the Millennium
Published on 6. October 2016
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-4742-8115-7 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays examines responses to the Millennium and whether or not the year 2000 could be claimed as a specifically Christian time. It also considers how other religions reacted to the moment and what millennial celebrations reveal about religion in a secular age.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
578 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-8115-7 (9781474281157)
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10/2016
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Person
The Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy is member of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University, Professor of Theological Education at King's College London and Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and Dean of Christchurch College, Oxford University, UK.
Content
Foreword
Preface
List of Contributors
Part One: Religion and Time
1. Jubilee: A Biblical Perspective Philip R. Davies
2. The Angelic Restrainer of 2 Thessalonians 2.6-7 Darrell D. Hannah
3. Muslims and Time: Islam, Globalisation and Social Change at the Turn of the Millennium David Herbert
4. Is There an East Asian Millennium? East Asian Conceptions of Time James H. Grayson
5. A Threshold of Fear and of Hope: Religion, Society and the Dawn of the Millennium Michael Sadgrove
6. Pre-Millennial Tensions: What Pentecostal Ministers Look Forward To William K. Kay
7. Are You Suffering from PMT? The Impact of Millennial Time Damian Thompson
Part Two: Religion and Change
8. Owls and Roosters: Y2K and Millennium's End Richard Landes
9. 'Behold, I make all things new': History, Politics and the Challenge of the Millennium Andrew Bradstock
10. Christianity and the Future of Europe Kenneth N. Medhurst
11. Transforming Establishment: The Opportunity of a Millennium? David Jenkins
12. The Future of Theology Vernon White
13. Spirituality and Youth Sylvia Collins
14. The Sacred Canopy: Time and Religion at the Greenwich Millennium Dome Martyn Percy
Afterword
Index
Preface
List of Contributors
Part One: Religion and Time
1. Jubilee: A Biblical Perspective Philip R. Davies
2. The Angelic Restrainer of 2 Thessalonians 2.6-7 Darrell D. Hannah
3. Muslims and Time: Islam, Globalisation and Social Change at the Turn of the Millennium David Herbert
4. Is There an East Asian Millennium? East Asian Conceptions of Time James H. Grayson
5. A Threshold of Fear and of Hope: Religion, Society and the Dawn of the Millennium Michael Sadgrove
6. Pre-Millennial Tensions: What Pentecostal Ministers Look Forward To William K. Kay
7. Are You Suffering from PMT? The Impact of Millennial Time Damian Thompson
Part Two: Religion and Change
8. Owls and Roosters: Y2K and Millennium's End Richard Landes
9. 'Behold, I make all things new': History, Politics and the Challenge of the Millennium Andrew Bradstock
10. Christianity and the Future of Europe Kenneth N. Medhurst
11. Transforming Establishment: The Opportunity of a Millennium? David Jenkins
12. The Future of Theology Vernon White
13. Spirituality and Youth Sylvia Collins
14. The Sacred Canopy: Time and Religion at the Greenwich Millennium Dome Martyn Percy
Afterword
Index