Can Anything Good Come Out of Premillennialism? A Response to Robert O. Smith

This review expresses great concern with so-called Christian Zionism. The author explains the confusing push-pull relation of Pentecostalism to Christian Zionism's underlying apocalyptic eschatology, premillennial dispensationalism. He agrees with the thrust of Smith's discussion from a Lu...

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Главный автор: Richie, Tony (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2009
В: Dialog
Год: 2009, Том: 48, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 292-300
Другие ключевые слова:B apocalyptic eschatology
B Pentecostalism
B Premillennial Dispensationalism
B Christian Zionism
B predictive prophecy
B Political ethics
B Political Theology
B politics of the Spirit
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Итог:This review expresses great concern with so-called Christian Zionism. The author explains the confusing push-pull relation of Pentecostalism to Christian Zionism's underlying apocalyptic eschatology, premillennial dispensationalism. He agrees with the thrust of Smith's discussion from a Lutheran perspective of the complex historical, theological, and political dynamics involved in Christian Zionism's formation and development, but accents distinctions between a generally harmless conventional form and a particularly virile fundamentalist form that can be aggressive and possibly even dangerous. Of special concern is articulation of an erudite political ethic informed by the theology of a Christian pneumatic apocalyptic eschatology, faithful to the incoming reign of God taking seriously predictive prophecy. In conversation with Smith, this appreciative response suggests a possible paradigm for positive involvement in political and social aspects of the present world congruent with apocalyptic hope expressed in premillennialist terms.
ISSN:1540-6385
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2009.00472.x