A Dream of the Judgment Day

Released on by John Howard Smith
preview-18

  • A Dream of the Judgment Day Book Detail

  • Author : John Howard Smith
  • Release Date : 2021-02-05
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Genre : Religion
  • Pages :
  • ISBN 13 : 0197533752
  • File Size : 27,27 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

A Dream of the Judgment Day by John Howard Smith PDF Summary

Book Description: The United States has long thought of itself as exceptional--a nation destined to lead the world into a bright and glorious future. These ideas go back to the Puritan belief that Massachusetts would be a "city on a hill," and in time that image came to define the United States and the American mentality. But what is at the root of these convictions? John Howard Smith's A Dream of the Judgment Day explores the origins of beliefs about the biblical end of the world as Americans have come to understand them, and how these beliefs led to a conception of the United States as an exceptional nation with a unique destiny to fulfill. However, these beliefs implicitly and explicitly excluded African Americans and American Indians because they didn't fit white Anglo-Saxon ideals. While these groups were influenced by these Christian ideas, their exclusion meant they had to craft their own versions of millenarian beliefs. Women and other marginalized groups also played a far larger role than usually acknowledged in this phenomenon, greatly influencing the developing notion of the United States as the "redeemer nation." Smith's comprehensive history of eschatological thought in early America encompasses traditional and non-traditional Christian beliefs in the end of the world. It reveals how millennialism and apocalypticism played a role in destructive and racist beliefs like "Manifest Destiny," while at the same time influencing the foundational idea of the United States as an "elect nation." Featuring a broadly diverse cast of historical figures, A Dream of the Judgment Day synthesizes more than forty years of scholarship into a compelling and challenging portrait of early America.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own A Dream of the Judgment Day books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

A Dream of the Judgment Day

A Dream of the Judgment Day

File Size : 93,93 MB
Total View : 6496 Views
DOWNLOAD

The United States has long thought of itself as exceptional--a nation destined to lead the world into a bright and glorious future. These ideas go back to the P

Judgment Day Of The Lord

Judgment Day Of The Lord

File Size : 44,44 MB
Total View : 9597 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book is written as the last warning to unbelievers and for the believers to equip, arm and prepare them toward the Judgment day of the Lord. Providing succ

Judgment Day

Judgment Day

File Size : 39,39 MB
Total View : 7279 Views
DOWNLOAD

#14 in the Left Behind : the Kids series.