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A Sense of Presence: Mediating an American Apocalypse
Here I build upon Robert Orsi’s work by arguing that we can see presence—and the longing for it—at work beyond the obvious spaces of religious practice. Presence, I propose, is alive and well in mediated apocalypticism, in the intense imagination of the ...
Rachel Wagner
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Apokaliptiek en millennialisme: Die relevansie van die begrip "duisendjarige vredesryk" vir vandag
Apocalypticism and millennialism: The relevance of the "thousand year reign" for today. With the turn of the century it once again became clear that apocalypticism and millennialism are important themes.
Jonada Groenewald
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Ecological Apocalypse in the Poetry of Patrick and Emily Brontë
This essay considers relationships between nature, ecology and apocalypse in the poetry of Patrick Brontë (1777–1861) and Emily Brontë (1818–1848). It argues that though Patrick’s poetry emphasises the spiritual benefits of human connection with the ...
Simon Marsden
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Apocalypticism in the Arabic Novel
This dissertation applies the autochthonous, popular analytic category of apocalypticism to the modern Arabic novel, a form of literature pioneered by secular, Western-educated Arabs.
Tamplin, William C.
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Millennialisme, eskatologie en apokaliptiek1
Millennialism, eschatology, and apocalypticism. This aricle consists of four parts. Firstly, it describes briefly and elementarily the origins of millennialism as it manifested in the history of theoligy.
Andries van Aarde
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The modern Epimetheus: Carl Schmitt's katechontism as reactionary chronopolitics
This paper deals with the reactionary form of chronopolitics that characterizes the work of the German jurist, political theorist, and radical conservative intellectual Carl Schmitt (1888–1985). Called both the latest classic of political thought and the
Hjalmar Falk
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Trito-Isaiah, penitential prayer and apocalypticism
An analysis of the research on the compositional development of Isaiah 56 66 indicates that theredefinition of Judean identity played a major role in the formation of these chapters. Scholarsvery often refer to the penitential prayer in Isaiah 63:7 64:11
Pieter M. Venter
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Nastasya’s Revolt: Metaphysical Significance of Contrariness in Dostoevsky [PDF]
This article explores the concept of perversity (contrariness) in Dostoevsky, concluding that it should be understood as a religious notion as opposed to merely ethical.
Denis A. Zhernokleyev
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Futural Dispatches on Responsibility for the Earth, or, ‘What on Earth Is Ethical Responsibility?’
This article explores the question of the limits of ethical responsibility in the context of the contemporary ecological crisis. Drawing centrally on a selection of writings by Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas and, in the second half of the article ...
Dave Boothroyd
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The Priestly Dimension of Apocalypticism [PDF]
The complex nature of apocalypticism has been studied extensively. Prophetic and sapiential influences on apocalypticism are well-documented, but the question of a priestly dimension has been largely overlooked.
Mirecki, Cathy Ann
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