America as the New Jerusalem
Across the religious spectrum of American Christianity, the symbol of the New Jerusalem has exerted a powerful attraction. The hope for the New Jerusalem from God in Revelation has often been tied to the founding of America, and to the American exceptionalism that sees this founding as connected wit...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Seminaries
[2020]
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Word & world
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 150-161 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church KDG Free church NBQ Eschatology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Zionism
B United States B Utopias - Religious aspects - Christianity B Exceptionalism B Eschatology - Christianity - History of doctrines B Millennialism B Jerusalem (Symbol) |
| Summary: | Across the religious spectrum of American Christianity, the symbol of the New Jerusalem has exerted a powerful attraction. The hope for the New Jerusalem from God in Revelation has often been tied to the founding of America, and to the American exceptionalism that sees this founding as connected with God’s will for humanity. |
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| ISSN: | 0275-5270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Word & world
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