02145nam a2200373 a 4500 ebr10289952 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081219s2008 enk sb 001 0 eng d 2008301411 9781845117580 1845117581 9781845117597 (pbk.) 184511759X (pbk.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)503447206 BT892 .C68 2008eb 2.36/.909 22 Court, John M. Approaching the apocalypse [electronic resource] : a short history of Christian millenarianism / John M. Court. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008. xv, 232 p. Includes bibliographical references ([219]-224) and index. Introduction -- The roots of the idea -- The biblical basis -- The return of Christ -- Millenarians among the church fathers -- Apocalypse then : the year 1000 -- Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202 CE) -- The Black Death and other plagues -- Apocalypse and civil war (1500 CE and after) -- Edward Irving (1792-1834 CE) and the Catholic Apostolic movement -- Across the pond -- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814 CE) and her followers -- J.J. Jezreel : the trumpeter and his tower -- An Anglican Israel at the end of time : the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury -- 'Somewhere a place for us' : modern utopias -- Christian missions and the cargo cults -- Figures of the Messiah : David Koresh and the Waco siege -- 'Apocalypse now' : celebrating the millennium on or after 2000 CE. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Millennialism History. Eschatology Religious aspects Christianity. Second Advent. Millennium (Eschatology) Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10289952 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 72801 72801