Apocalypse then; prophecy and the making of the modern world.9780275985080 Apocalypse apocalypse (əpŏk`əlĭps) [Gr.,=uncovering], genre represented in early Jewish and in Christian literature in which the secrets of the heavenly world or of the world to come are revealed by angelic mediation within a narrative then; prophecy Prophecy See also Omen. Prosperity (See SUCCESS.) Ancaeus prophecy that he would not live to taste the wine from his vineyards is fulfilled. [Gk. Myth. and the making of the modern world. Williamson Wil·liam·son , Mount A peak, 4,382.9 m (14,370 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada of east-central California. , Arthur H. Praeger 2008 354 pages $49.95 Hardcover Praeger series on the early modern world BL503 Once human beings created stories about the beginning of the world, they realized that it might also end. Williamson (history, Cal State, Sacramento) does not chronicle chronicle, official record of events, set down in order of occurrence, important to the people of a nation, state, or city. Almanacs, The Congressional Record in the United States, and the Annual Register in England are chronicles. the various Western millennial movements but how the mind set of people who felt they were facing the Apocalypse caused social and even scientific change. While the belief in the Apocalypse continues to this day, Williamson believes there was a different way of looking at it in the Early Modern period (1500-1800). He argues that from the Reformation Reformation, religious revolution that took place in Western Europe in the 16th cent. It arose from objections to doctrines and practices in the medieval church (see Roman Catholic Church) and ultimately led to the freedom of dissent (see Protestantism). various movements, often not at all religious, were affected by the concept of the end of the world. Both positive and negative events were based on millennialism: tolerance and prejudice, witch-hunting, the work of Francis Bacon and Isaac Newton. Williamson analyzes all of these. He ends with a summary of current trends in millennial thinking. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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