Fear Appeals, Crisis and the Apocalypse of John: Analyzing an Apocalyptic Coping Strategy with the Extended Parallel Process Model
This article will present and heuristically utilize the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) to analyze fear appeals in the Apocalypse of John. John sought to increase the fear of God in his hearers as a means to cope with other pressing fears and motivate faithful obedience (in line with his visi...
| Subtitles: | Special Issue: Crisis as Catalyst: Early Christian Texts and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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| In: |
Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2021, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 56-74 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Apocalypticism
/ Revelation
/ Rhetoric
/ Fear
/ Anxiety
/ Revelation
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | This article will present and heuristically utilize the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM) to analyze fear appeals in the Apocalypse of John. John sought to increase the fear of God in his hearers as a means to cope with other pressing fears and motivate faithful obedience (in line with his vision of what that entails). John rhetorically utilized fear appeals to reshape his hearers’ perceptions of danger and efficacy. He sought to increase fear of one object (God) and the inescapable crisis of divine judgment in order to decrease fear of other crises (death, disease, natural disasters, war, oppressive government, poverty, low social status). |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X211027771 |