Anglo-American Millennialism, from Milton to the Millerites (Studies in the History of Christian Thought) [Hardcover]

Richard Connors (Editor), Andrew Colin Gow (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 9004138218 | ISBN-13: 978-9004138216 | Publication Date: May 2004

Neither the meliorist political culture of the nascent American republic nor its later drift toward apocalyptically tinged 'fundamentalist' Protestantism and dispensationalism can be explained outside the context of the shared Anglo-American traditions and practices of millennial expectation and apocalyptic angst--whether expressed by early colonists, Milton, Blake, Miller or the Continental Congress. In this chronologically direct and thematically varied volume, five scholars working in three distinct disciplines (Religion, English literature, and History) approach millennialism and apocalypticism in the British and Anglo-American contexts, making remarkable contributions both to the study of religious, literary and political culture in the English-speaking ecumene, and, at least implicitly, to the critique of disciplinary exclusivity. Only in such mixed company does the study of the millennial nexus in English and American religion, culture, literature and politics, from the time of Milton to the time of the Millerites, come into focus.

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About the Author

Richard Connors held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada at the University of Alberta and is now Assistant Professor of History at the University of Ottawa. He has published numerous articles and edited books on early modern British and Imperial history.

Andrew Gow is Professor of History at the University of Alberta. A representative of the 'new cultural history', Gow has published articles and books on medieval and early modern topics, many of which challenge whiggish distinctions between the Middle Ages and 'early modernity'; he also works in the field of cultural studies. Male Witches in Early Modern Europe, co-authored with Lara Apps, was published in 2003.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 210 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (May 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004138218
• ISBN-13: 978-9004138216
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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