The End(s) of Time(s) : Apocalypticism, Messianism, and Utopianism Through the Ages.

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Figures and Tables -- ‎The End(s) of Time(s): An Introduction (Lehner) -- ‎Part 1. -- ‎Chapter 1. Christian Perspectives on History, Eschatology, and Transcendence in the Latin Christian Middle Ages (Herbers) -- ‎Chapter 2. Byzantine Predictions of the End of the World in 500, 1000, and 1492AD (Brandes) -- ‎Chapter 3. The Great Peace and the Ends of Time in Early Imperial China (Lu) -- ‎Chapter 4. Tibetan Buddhist Dystopian Narratives and their Pedagogical Dimensions (Scheuermann) -- ‎Chapter 5. Ragnarök: Prophecies and Notions of the End Time in Old Norse Religion (Krümpel) -- ‎Chapter 6. An Overview of Bahá'í Eschatology, in a Tapestry of Five Strands (Kerr) -- ‎Part 2. -- ‎Chapter 7. Beatus of Liebana and the Spiritualized Understanding of Apocalypse in Medieval Iberia (Bosseman) -- ‎Chapter 8. Muhammad, Mahdi, Antichrist: Muslims in Joachim of Fiore's Apocalyptic Eschatology (Wannenmacher) -- ‎Chapter 9. The Infernal Trinity as Passivized Pacemaker of Salvation History: Satan's Particular Eschatological Activity in Anonymus Bambergensis' Tracts De semine scripturarum and De principe mundi (Kaup) -- ‎Part 3. -- ‎Chapter 10. Competing Eschatological Scenarios during the Taiping War, 1851-1864 (Goossaert) -- ‎Chapter 11. The Messianic Quest for an Earthly Paradise in the Modern Era of Revolution (Gebhardt) -- ‎Chapter 12. Indigenous Millennialism: Murabitun Sufism in the Black African Townships of South Africa (Gebauer) -- ‎Chapter 13. Apocalyptic Millennialism: The Most Powerful, Volatile, Imaginary Force in Human History (Landes) -- ‎Index.

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.

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