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Cultures of Eschatology Volume 1: Empires and Scriptural Authorities in Medieval Christian, Islamic and Buddhist Communities

The belief in the Last Things has an integral place in Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. The two volumes want to explain how eschatological thought influenced and factored into the political and religious perception and self-definition of medieval communities. How did notions of an imminent end sha...

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Format: Online
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: De Gruyter 2021
Schlagworte:
Medieval history
apocalypticism
messianism
eschatology
End-Time scenarios
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology
thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general::QRAX History of religion
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity
Online-Zugang:ONIX_20210211_9783110597745_5
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Zusammenfassung:The belief in the Last Things has an integral place in Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. The two volumes want to explain how eschatological thought influenced and factored into the political and religious perception and self-definition of medieval communities. How did notions of an imminent end shape a community’s identity, the perception of other communities and an individual’s perspective towards life and the world?

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