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The Investigator, Or, Monthly Expositor and Register on Prophecy
Author: Investigator and Expositor of Prophecy
Author: Investigator and Expositor of Prophecy
Author: The Hierophant
Author: George BushInvestigator and Expositor of Prophecy
Author: Investigator and Expositor of Prophecy
Author: Prophetic Faith of our Fathers Vol 3
Author: Publisher: Review and Herald Pub Assoc
ISBN: 9780828012195
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Languages : en
Pages : 810
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On the Practical Tendency of the Doctrines called Millennarian. (Extracts from essays, written under the signature Abdiel, in 'The Investigator.').
Author: pseud ABDIELHeaven on Earth
Author: Martin SpencePublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498270123
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 358
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In nineteenth-century Britain, a large number of prominent Anglican and Presbyterian Evangelicals rejected the idea that salvation meant "going to heaven when you die." Instead, they proposed that God would establish his kingdom on earth, renewing the creation and reanimating embodied humans to live in a world of science and progress. This book introduces the writings and activities of these women and men, among whom were counted the ardent social reformer Lord Shaftesbury, the highly-respected clergyman Edward Bickersteth, the popular author Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, and the General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Rawson Birks. The book shows that the catalyst for such theological revisionism was the end-times doctrine known as "premillennialism." While commonly characterized as a gloomy and sectarian belief, the book argues that premillennialism in Victorian Britain was actually an optimistic and often liberalizing creed. It dissolved older Evangelical assumptions about the dissimilarities between time and eternity, body and soul, heaven and earth. The book demonstrates that, far from being eccentric pessimists, premillennialists were actually pioneers of trends in nineteenth-century Christian theology that stressed the importance of the incarnation, prioritized social justice, and even entertained the idea of universal salvation.
Preaching in the Last Days
Author: Rodney L. PetersenPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195360834
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Visionary strength was given to the piety, polity, and political activity of Protestantism in its formative periods through the way in which the Apocalypse was read. By identifying with the text depicting two witnesses, or prophets, who preach at the end of history, are slain by the beast from the abyss (understood to be Antichrist), and rise again victoriously, representatives of the Protestant movement found a measure of self-identity. This text, Revelation 11:3-13, became the lens through which many envisioned the movement of history from the first advent of Christ to his promised return. It was used by earlier reform movements, but it lent special definition to the work of Protestant ministers through the nineteenth century, suggesting different approaches to social organization. Preaching in the Last Days is a study in the history of how the Apocalypse was read. It is also an examination of how social groups are formed through ideas occasioned by texts. It offers an account of the interplay between religious and social history during the time of the development of Protestantism. Petersen's study provides a fascinating look at the theological significance of how we read biblical texts and the insights this offers on the development of culture, the Christian movement, and its churches. The book is especially important for understanding the assumptions behind the ways in which the book of Revelation is being read and used in our own day.