End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions

End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions

by Wendell G. Johnson (Editor)
End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions

End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions

by Wendell G. Johnson (Editor)

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Overview

Covering religious traditions ranging from Buddhism to Christianity to Zoroastrianism and modern apocalyptic movements such as Arun Shinrikyo and the Branch Davidians, this book addresses prophesied end of days from a breadth of perspectives and includes material on often-neglected themes and genres.

End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in World Religions describes apocalyptic writings in the world's major religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The cross-referenced entries address ancient traditions—Zoroastrianism, as one example—as well as modern apocalyptic movements, such as Arun Shinrikyo, the Branch Davidians, and the Order of the Solar Temple.

This book's broad scope offers coverage of overlooked traditions, such as Mayan Apocalyptic, Norse Apocalyptic, Native American eschatological literatures, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Readers seeking detailed information on the eschatological and apocalyptic movements and proponents of End Times can reference entries about individuals such as Harold Camping, Jerry Falwell, David Koresh of the Brand Davidians, and James Jones and the People's Temple.

This single-volume encyclopedia also contains numerous historical entries on subjects such as the Great Disappointment, the Great Awakening periods of religious revival, Joachim of Flora, the Maccabean Revolt, and the Plymouth Brethren. The influence of apocalyptic ideas far outside the realm of religion itself is documented through entries on film, including well-known modern movies such as The Hunger Games and Apocalypse Now, literature by writers such as Dante, and works of fine art like Wagner's Götterdämmerung. The inclusion of entries related to literature, film, and other art forms further attests to the wide-ranging social influence of belief in the end of days.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798216079408
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 07/14/2017
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 416
File size: 796 KB
Age Range: 7 - 17 Years

About the Author

Wendell G. Johnson, PhD, EdD, is head of reference and research at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
Wendell G. Johnson, PhD, EdD, is head of reference and research at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
African Ethnic Traditional Religion
De-Valera N. Y. M. Botchway
Amillennialism
Nathan Saunders
Ancient of Days
Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler
Anti-Christ (Islam: Ahmadiyya)
Andrew J. Waskey
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler
Apocalypse of Abraham
Shawn McAvoy
Apocalypse of Baruch
Shayna Sheinfeld
Apocalypse of Enoch
Michael T. Miller
Apocalypse of John
Elizabeth A. Koprowski
Apocalypse of Paul
William P. Kladky
Apocalypse of Peter
William P. Kladky
Apocalyptic Literature
Shayna Sheinfeld
Apokatastasis
Augusto Cosentino
Armageddon (Megiddo)
Trevan Hatch and Cannon Hall
Art
Nathan Saunders
Aum Shinrikyo (Shoko Asahara)
Andrew J. Waskey
Australian Aboriginal Apocalyptic
Andrew P. Lynch
Babylon/Whore of Babylon
Amanda Wrenn Allen
Bahá'í Faith, Apocalypse in the
Bernardo Kerr
Beast
Natacha Klein Käfer
Big Bang/Big Crunch
Wendell G. Johnson
Branch Davidians (David Koresh)
Andrew P. Lynch
Buddhist Apocalyptic
Wendell G. Johnson
Camping, Harold
Jessica Tinklenberg
Cargo Cults
Jessica Tinklenberg
Chabad Eschatology
Sima Hurwitz
Chinese Eschatology
Dylan Blaine
Christian Apocalypticism
William E. Burns
Cosmology
Christopher Cumo
Dante
Amanda Wrenn Allen
Day of Judgment
Farhaan Wali
Day of the Lord
Justin Jeffcoat Schedtler
Dispensationalism
Nathan Saunders
Doomsday Cults
Morgan Shipley
Eastern Orthodox Eschatology
Michael E. Meagher
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Richard A. Thomas
Eschatology
Andrew J. Waskey
Falwell, Jerry
Jessica Tinklenberg
Feminist Eschatology
Wendell G. Johnson
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Abel Rios
Frashokereti
Nathan Martin
Gnosticism
Andrew P. Lynch
Gog and Magog
Lydia Lee
Götterdämmerung (Wagner)
Lars Straehler-Pohl
Great Awakenings
Farhaan Wali
Great Disappointment
William E. Burns
Great White Throne Judgment
Nathan Martin
Heaven and Hell
Andrew P. Lynch
Heaven's Gate
Benjamin E. Zeller
Hindu Apocalyptic
Wendell G. Johnson
Hunger Games, The
Cori Davis
Ibn Al-Arabi
Nathan Martin
Idolatry
Scott Nicholas Romaniuk
Islamic Eschatology (Sunni)
Andrew J. Waskey
Israel
Ralph Hartsock
Jehovah's Witnesses
William E. Burns
Jesus
Elizabeth A. Koprowski
Jewish Apocalyptic
Shayna Sheinfeld
Joachim of Flora
Timothy J. Davis
Kingdom of God/Kingdom of Heaven
Jessica Tinklenberg
Left Behind Literature
Aaron K. Davis
Maccabean Revolt (The Book of Jubilees)
Robert E. Jones
Major and Minor Signs (Islam)
Sanaa Riaz
Manichaean Apocalyptic
William P. Kladky
Mayan Apocalyptic
Ryan Phillips
Messianism
Shayna Sheinfeld
Metsubo no Hi (Day of Destruction)
James Harry Morris
Millennialism
Todd Platts
Mormonism
Wendell G. Johnson
Native American Eschatological Traditions
Natacha Klein Käfer
New Jerusalem
William P. Kladky
Norse Apocalyptic
Josianne Campbell
Order of the Solar Temple
Wendell G. Johnson
Peoples Temple (Jim Jones, Jonestown)
Morgan Shipley
Persian Apocalyptic
Benjamin Franz
Plymouth Brethren
Elizabeth A. Koprowski
Popular Culture, The Apocalypse in
Michael A. Davis
Postmillennialism
Shawn McAvoy
Premillennialism
Courtney S. Tepera
Prophecy
Chad Venters
Puranic Apocalypse
Ujaan Ghosh
Rapture
Elizabeth A. Koprowski
Resurrection
Wendell G. Johnson
Roman Catholicism
Michael E. Meagher
Rome
Andrew P. Lynch
Salvation
Farhaan Wali
Satan
Ralph Hartsock
Second Coming (Parousia)
Robert E. Jones
Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets, Seven Bowls
Meredith J. C. Warren
Seventh-day Adventist Eschatology
William E. Burns
Shi'ite Apocalyptic
Shawn McAvoy
666
Jessica Tinklenberg
Tribulation
Nathan Saunders
Y2K
Abel Rios
Zionism
Andrew C. Reed
Zombies
Samaya Borom
Zurvanism
Timothy J. Davis
About the Editor and Contributors
Index
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