Prophecy and Politics
Author: Grace Halsell
Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781556520549
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Author: Grace Halsell
Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Company
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781556520549
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elaine Pagels
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-03-06
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 110157707X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA startling exploration of the history of the most controversial book of the Bible, by the bestselling author of Beyond Belief. Through the bestselling books of Elaine Pagels, thousands of readers have come to know and treasure the suppressed biblical texts known as the Gnostic Gospels. As one of the world's foremost religion scholars, she has been a pioneer in interpreting these books and illuminating their place in the early history of Christianity. Her new book, however, tackles a text that is firmly, dramatically within the New Testament canon: The Book of Revelation, the surreal apocalyptic vision of the end of the world . . . or is it? In this startling and timely book, Pagels returns The Book of Revelation to its historical origin, written as its author John of Patmos took aim at the Roman Empire after what is now known as "the Jewish War," in 66 CE. Militant Jews in Jerusalem, fired with religious fervor, waged an all-out war against Rome's occupation of Judea and their defeat resulted in the desecration of Jerusalem and its Great Temple. Pagels persuasively interprets Revelation as a scathing attack on the decadence of Rome. Soon after, however, a new sect known as "Christians" seized on John's text as a weapon against heresy and infidels of all kinds-Jews, even Christians who dissented from their increasingly rigid doctrines and hierarchies. In a time when global religious violence surges, Revelations explores how often those in power throughout history have sought to force "God's enemies" to submit or be killed. It is sure to appeal to Pagels's committed readers and bring her a whole new audience who want to understand the roots of dissent, violence, and division in the world's religions, and to appreciate the lasting appeal of this extraordinary text.
Author: Grace Halsell
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published:
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ISBN-13: 9780882080543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jonathan Frankel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984-11-08
Total Pages: 716
ISBN-13: 9780521269193
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the period from 1881 to 1917 socialist movements flourished in every major centre of Russian Jewish life, but, despite common foundations, there was often profound and bitter disagreement between them. This book describes the formation and evolution of these movements, which were at once united by a powerful vision and sundered by the contradictions of practical politics.
Author: Krista Reinach
Publisher: Pacific PressPub Assn
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780816322275
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George M. Shulman
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 0816630747
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProphecy is the fundamental idiom of American politics--a biblical rhetoric about redeeming the crimes, suffering, and promise of a special people. Yet American prophecy and its great practitioners--from Frederick Douglass and Henry Thoreau to Martin Luther King, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison--are rarely addressed, let alone analyzed, by political theorists. This paradox is at the heart of American Prophecy, a work in which George Shulman unpacks and critiques the political meaning of American prophetic rhetoric. In the face of religious fundamentalisms that associate prophecy and redemption with dogmatism and domination, American Prophecy finds connections between prophetic language and democratic politics, particularly racial politics. Exploring how American critics of white supremacy have repeatedly reworked biblical prophecy, Shulman demonstrates how these writers and thinkers have transformed prophecy into a political language and given redemption a political meaning. To examine how antiracism is linked to prophecy as a vernacular idiom is to rethink political theology, recast democratic theory, and reassess the bearing of religion on American political culture. Still, prophetic language is not always liberatory, and American Prophecy maintains a critical dispassion about a rhetoric that is both prevalent and problematic.
Author: Victoria Flood
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 1843844478
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of the prophetic tradition in medieval England brings out its influence on contemporary politics and the contemporary elite.
Author: Brendan Dooley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2002-04-21
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 0691048649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe pope, furious at such astrological and political effrontery, personally ordered the criminal inquiry that led to Morandi's arrest, trial, and death in prison, probably by assassination.".
Author: Grace Halsell
Publisher: Lawrence Hill Books
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hal Lindsey
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2016-10-11
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 0310531063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe impact of The Late Great Planet Earth cannot be overstated. The New York Times called it the "no. 1 non-fiction bestseller of the decade." For Christians and non-Christians of the 1970s, Hal Lindsey's blockbuster served as a wake-up call on events soon to come and events already unfolding -- all leading up to the greatest event of all: the return of Jesus Christ. The years since have confirmed Lindsey's insights into what biblical prophecy says about the times we live in. Whether you're a church-going believer or someone who wouldn't darken the door of a Christian institution, the Bible has much to tell you about the imminent future of this planet. In the midst of an out-of-control generation, it reveals a grand design that's unfolding exactly according to plan. The rebirth of Israel. The threat of war in the Middle East. An increase in natural catastrophes. The revival of Satanism and witchcraft. These and other signs, foreseen by prophets from Moses to Jesus, portend the coming of an antichrist . . . of a war which will bring humanity to the brink of destruction . . . and of incredible deliverance for a desperate, dying planet.