Die religiöse Deutung von Fortschritt und Expansion im amerikanischen Postmillenniarismus
This essay discusses the role of religious ideas during the processes of modernization in the nineteenth century. The concept of postmillennialism shall be an example of a religious worldview which in the American society was not only an object of economic, political and social change, but did itsel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Diagonal-Verlag
2012
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Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 1997, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-148 |
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| Summary: | This essay discusses the role of religious ideas during the processes of modernization in the nineteenth century. The concept of postmillennialism shall be an example of a religious worldview which in the American society was not only an object of economic, political and social change, but did itself contribute heavily to those changes. It is shown that even under the conditions of modernity religion remains an active »moving power« (Thomas Nipperdey) in western history. |
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| ISSN: | 2194-508X |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/0027.115 |