RT Book
T1 A dream of the judgment day: American millennialism and apocalypticism, 1620-1890
A1 Smith, John Howard 1968-
LA English
PP New York, NY, United States of America
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1747904643
AB "The End is near! This phrase, so well known in the contemporary United States, invokes images of manic self-proclaimed prophets of doom standing on street corners shouting their warnings and predictions to amused or indifferent passers-by. However, such proclamations have long been a feature of the American cultural landscape, and were never exclusively the domain of wild-eyed fanatics. A Dream of Judgment Day describes the origins and development of American apocalypticism and millennialism from the beginnings of English colonization of North America in the early 1600s through the formation of the United States and its travails in the nineteenth century. It explores the reasons why varieties of millennialism are an essential component of American exceptionalism, and focuses upon the nation's early history to better establish how millennialism and apocalypticism are the keys to understanding early American history and religious identity. This sweeping history of eschatological thought in early America encompasses not just traditional and non-traditional Christian beliefs in the end of the world, but also how American Indians and African Americans have likewise been influenced by, and expressed, those beliefs in unique ways"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BL2525
SN 0-19-753374-4
SN 978-0-19-753374-1
K1 Eschatology
K1 Millennialism : United States : History
K1 End of the world
K1 Millennium (Eschatology)
K1 National characteristics, American : History
K1 Exceptionalism : United States : History
K1 Exceptionalism
K1 Millennialism
K1 National characteristics, American
K1 Religion
K1 History
K1 United States : Religion : History
K1 United States