Evangelical Millennialism in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1500-2000

by Crawford Gribben

This book offers the first complete overview of the intellectual history of one of the most significant contemporary cultural trends – the apocalyptic expectations of European and American evangelicals – in an account that guides readers into the origins, its evolution, and its revolutionary potential in the modern world.

217 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

A cultural and literary historian whose work concentrates on the development and dissemination of religious ideas, Crawford Gribben is Professor of History at Queen's University, Belfast.

Reviews

[Joel Zartman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gribben shows how the various point of interest that millennialism aroused in adherents permutated over the course of 500 years. It is a little like watching a twisting ribbon, a strand of DNA. He traces the rise of millennialism from the early Reformation suspicious of the book of Revelation, to the historicising embrace, to the prediction of near-future events, and then follow the ribbon-like twists and surprises to the phenomenon that circumstances and other beliefs wrought in adherents.

Contains a useful glossary of terms at the outset. A paragraph explains each. That's the kind of thing this is.

A very curious book.

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting.

[Carys]

i read this book for uni