The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality

The End of the World in Medieval Thought and Spirituality
Author: Eric Knibbs
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2019-04-27
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 303014965X

This essay collection studies the Apocalypse and the end of the world, as these themes occupied the minds of biblical scholars, theologians, and ordinary people in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Early Modernity. It opens with an innovative series of studies on “Gendering the Apocalypse,” devoted to the texts and contexts of the apocalyptic through the lens of gender. A second section of essays studies the more traditional problem of “Apocalyptic Theory and Exegesis,” with a focus on authors such as Augustine of Hippo and Joachim of Fiore. A final series of essays extends the thematic scope to “The Eschaton in Political, Liturgical, and Literary Contexts.” In these essays, scholars of history, theology, and literature create a dialogue that considers how fear of the end of the world, among the most pervasive emotions in human experience, underlies a great part of Western cultural production.

The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages

The Apocalypse in the Middle Ages
Author: Richard Kenneth Emmerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 450
Release: 1992
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780801422829

An innovative overview of the influence of the Apocalypse on the shaping of the Christian culture of the Middle Ages.

Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe

Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe
Author: Israel Sanmartín
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2024-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1040115918

Expecting the End of the World in Medieval Europe: An Interdisciplinary Study examines the phenomenon of medieval eschatology from a global perspective, both geographically and intellectually. The collected contributions analyze texts, authors, social movements, and cultural representations covering a wide period, from the 6th to the 16th century, in geographically liminal spaces where Catholic, Byzantine, Islamic, and Jewish cultures converged. The book is organized in eleven chapters which reflect and explore the following arguments: the study of specific eschatological episodes in medieval Europe and their interpretations; the analysis of apocalyptic visionaries, apocalyptic authors, and their individual contributions; the social and political implications of eschatology in medieval society; the study of medieval apocalyptic literature from a rhetorical, narratological, and historiographical perspective; the history of the transmission of apocalyptic literature and its transformation over time; and a comparative examination of apocalypticism between the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era. This study provides a lens through which academics, specialists, and interested researchers can observe and reflect on this entire eschatological universe, dwelling both on well-known texts, authors, and events, and on others which are much less popular. In gathering different paradigms, tools, and theoretical frameworks, the book exposes readers to the complex reality of medieval anxiety regarding the end of the world.

Passion of the Western Mind

Passion of the Western Mind
Author: Richard Tarnas
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 560
Release: 2011-10-19
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0307804526

"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.

Apocalyptic Spirituality

Apocalyptic Spirituality
Author: Bernard McGinn
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1979
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809122424

This book makes available major texts in the Christian apocalyptic literature from the 4th to the 16th centuries. The apocalyptic tradition is that of traditional philosophy based on revelation and concerned with the end of the world.

Apocalypse and Golden Age

Apocalypse and Golden Age
Author: Christopher Star
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421441632

"This book investigates the various ways that ancient Greek and Roman authors envisioned the end of the world and the role they gave to global catastrophes, both past and future, in shaping human history"--

The End(s) of Time(s)

The End(s) of Time(s)
Author: Hans-Christian Lehner
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9004462430

Crises and end time expectations are closely linked to one another. The present volume collates interdisciplinary research from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects worldwide and overcomes the existing Euro-centrism by incorporating a broader perspective.

Visions of the End

Visions of the End
Author: Bernard McGinn
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780231112574

From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete with a comprehensive introduction and new preface.

Mary and the Church at Vatican II: The Untold Story of Lumen Gentium VIII

Mary and the Church at Vatican II: The Untold Story of Lumen Gentium VIII
Author: Laurie Olsen
Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1645853748

This masterful work by Dr. Laurie Olsen uncovers the behind-the-scenes story of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium VIII based on unpublished records from the Vatican Apostolic Archives, including internal memoranda, private notes, never-before-heard audio recordings of closed-door sessions, and more. This monumental achievement of archival research provides a window into what really happened at Vatican II—the council’s inner workings and maneuvers to steer Lumen Gentium VIII in a direction that would profoundly affect marian devotion and the study of mariology from that moment on.

A World Lit Only by Fire

A World Lit Only by Fire
Author: William Manchester
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2009-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 0316082791

A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth: the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. "Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." --Chicago Tribune