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For centuries, the apocalypse has been a recurrent theme within
art, literature, music, and - more recently - cinema. Within the
context of contemporary popular culture, its influence may be felt
in areas as diverse as extreme metal music, disaster movies, anime
and manga, Science Fiction dystopianism and the Left Behind series
of novels. The aim of this collection of essays is to examine the
influence of apocalyptic texts on popular cultural products,
focusing on the timelessness and malleability of their themes to
audiences. Chapters focus on the influence of such texts within the
areas of film, music, literature, the internet, art, and science
and technology.
For centuries, the apocalypse has been a recurrent theme within
art, literature, music, and - more recently - cinema. Within the
context of contemporary popular culture, its influence may be felt
in areas as diverse as extreme metal music, disaster movies, anime
and manga, Science Fiction dystopianism and the Left Behind series
of novels. The aim of this collection of essays is to examine the
influence of apocalyptic texts on popular cultural products,
focusing on the timelessness and malleability of their themes to
audiences. Chapters focus on the influence of such texts within the
areas of film, music, literature, the internet, art, and science
and technology.
There are promising signs that millennial studies is now being
recognized by the wider academic community as a profitable pursuit
that merits serious scholarly attention. More than ever before, the
horizons of academic engagement with millennial ideologies and
their historical and cultural ramifications are being expanded over
a multiplicity of disciplinary perspectives. Historians,
theologians, literary critics and social scientists have all been
able to establish a compelling unanimity in attesting to the vital
historical significance and critical contemporary relevance of
millennial thought. Thanks to such interdisciplinary efforts,
millennial hope is now identified as a vital aspect of the human
condition and as a dynamic force that has motivated diverse
world-historical individuals from Zoroaster and Francis of Assisi
to Adolf Hitler and Mao Zedong. Contributors to the volume are
Jennie Chapman, Andrew Crome, Eugene V. Gallagher, Crawford
Gribben, Robert Glenn Howard, Andrew Pierce, Joshua Searle, Timothy
C.F. Stunt and Kenneth G.C. Newport. Richard Landes writes a
Preface.
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A Man Of One Book? (Hardcover)
Donald A. Bullen; Foreword by Kenneth G.C. Newport
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The first critical and complete edition of Charles Wesley's
manuscript journal in two volumes.
While remaining firmly committed to the Church of England, Charles
Wesley shared in the founding of Methodism, a religious movement
that has had far-reaching social and religious influence worldwide.
These volumes of Charles Wesley's manuscript journal is the first
complete edition. Included are all transcribed shorthand passages,
words that Charles underlined, other forms of emphasis or
peculiarities in Charles's script, word that Charles struck out.
Any uncertain reading or transcription is indicated in the
footnotes. In addition there is an annotated index of persons,
places, and sermon texts in Volume II. Volume I is Wesley's
manuscript journal from 1736 to 1741. Volume II is Wesley's
manuscript journal from 1743 to 1756.
The first critical and complete edition of Charles Wesley's
manuscript journal in two volumes.
While remaining firmly committed to the Church of England, Charles
Wesley shared in the founding of Methodism, a religious movement
that has had far-reaching social and religious influence worldwide.
These volumes of Charles Wesley's manuscript journal is the first
complete edition. Included are all transcribed shorthand passages,
words that Charles underlined, other forms of emphasis or
peculiarities in Charles's script, word that Charles struck out.
Any uncertain reading or transcription is indicated in the
footnotes. In addition there is an annotated index of persons,
places, and sermon texts in Volume II. Volume I is Wesley's
manuscript journal from 1736 to 1741. Volume II is Wesley's
manuscript journal from 1743 to 1756.
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A Man Of One Book? (Paperback)
Donald A. Bullen; Foreword by Kenneth G.C. Newport
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John Wesley claimed to be a "man of one book" the Bible. He was
clear in his mind what the Bible meant and taught. Donald Bullen
carefully explores the biblical hermeneutic of John Wesley. Using
the insights of ReaderResponse Criticism we may comprehend better
Wesley's understanding and interpretation of the Bible. The
socalled "Quadrilateral" rooted in American Methodism gives further
insight into Wesley's use of tradition experience reason Scripture
and their interrelation.
Jesus' promise that "the end" draws near has spawned an expectation
of that grand event across various religious groups. This volume
examines the abiding social issues that surround the continued
presence of apocalyptic anticipation by setting them in historical,
present-day, and future manifestations. Approaching this fervent
expectation from a broad perspective, Gribben and Newport explore
the contemporary movements with insightful analysis that provokes
discussion and even self-reflection.
This book is about the various ways in which the Book of Revelation
(the Apocalypse) has been interpreted over the last 300 years. It
examines in detail Methodist, Baptist, English Anglican and Roman
Catholic uses of Revelation from 1600 to 1800, and then American
Millerism and Seventh-day Adventist uses from 1800 on. The book
argues that, far from being a random sequence of bizarre
statements, millennial schemes (including the setting of dates for
the second coming of Christ) are more often characterized by
complex and internally consistent interpretations of scripture. As
an example, the work of David Koresh is examined at length. Koresh,
styled by some the 'Wacko from Waco', clearly had views which some
would find odd. However, his interpretation of scripture did not
lack system or context, and to see him in that light is to begin to
understand why his message had appeal.
This book is about the various ways in which the Book of Revelation (the Apocalypse) has been interpreted over the past 300 years. It examines in detail Methodist, Baptist, Anglican, and Catholic uses of Revelation from 1600 to 1800, and then American Millerism and Seventh-day Adventist uses from 1800 to David Koresh and the "Waco Disaster." The book argues that, far from being a random sequence of bizarre statements, millennial schemes (including the setting of dates for Christ's second coming) are more often characterized by internally consistent interpretations of scripture.
This book brings to publication for the first time all of the famous hymn-writer Charles Wesley's sermon material. All but three of the twenty-three texts here presented have been reconstructed from manuscript sources. The book includes four substantial introductory chapters which place Charles Wesley's preaching in the context of early Methodism and the eighteenth century more generally. Annotations on the texts themselves are substantially text-critical and include discussion of Charles's use of Byrom's shorthand, the script in which a significant portion of the material is written. Other notes include an attempt to trace Charles's use of sources, specifically the Bible, the Homilies, and the Book of Common Prayer.
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