{"product_id":"the-end-s-of-time-s-apocalypticism-messianism-and-utopianism-through-the-ages-9789004461024","title":"The End(s) of Time(s): Apocalypticism, Messianism, and Utopianism through the Ages","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn times of crises, be it about climate change, the pandemic corona virus, or democratic struggles, there is an unwaning interest worldwide in the end of times and related themes such as apocalypticism, messianism, and utopianism. This concerns scholarship and society alike, and is by no means limited to the religious field.  The present volume collates essays from specialists in the study of apocalyptic and eschatological subjects. With its interdisciplinary approach, it is designed to overcome the existing Euro-centrism and incorporate a broader perspective to the topic of end time expectations in the Christian Middle Ages as well as in East Asia and Africa.  Contributors include: Gaelle Bosseman, Wolfram Brandes, Matthias Gebauer, Jürgen Gebhardt, Vincent Goossaert, Klaus Herbers, Matthias Kaup, Bernardo Bertholin Kerr, Thomas Krümpel, Richard Landes, Zhao Lu, Rolf Scheuermann, and Julia Eva Wannenmacher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables    The End(s) of Time(s): An Introduction   Hans-Christian Lehner    Part 1     1 Christian Perspectives on History, Eschatology, and Transcendence in the Latin Christian Middle Ages   Klaus Herbers    2 Byzantine Predictions of the End of the World in 500, 1000, and 1492 AD   Wolfram Brandes    3 The Great Peace and the Ends of Time in Early Imperial China   Zhao Lu    4 Tibetan Buddhist Dystopian Narratives and their Pedagogical Dimensions   Rolf Scheuermann    5 Ragnarök: Prophecies and Notions of the End Time in Old Norse Religion   Thomas Krümpel    6 An Overview of Bahá’í Eschatology, in a Tapestry of Five Strands   Bernardo Bertholin Kerr    Part 2     7 Beatus of Liebana and the Spiritualized Understanding of Apocalypse in Medieval Iberia   Gaelle Bosseman    8 Muhammad, Mahdi, Antichrist: Muslims in Joachim of Fiore’s Apocalyptic Eschatology   Julia Eva Wannenmacher    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   Matthias Kaup    Part 3     10 Competing Eschatological Scenarios during the Taiping War, 1851–1864   Vincent Goossaert    11 The Messianic Quest for an Earthly Paradise in the Modern Era of Revolution   Jürgen Gebhardt    12 Indigenous Millennialism: Murabitun Sufism in the Black African townships of South Africa   Matthias Gebauer    13 Apocalyptic Millennialism: The Most Powerful, Volatile, Imaginary Force in Human History   Richard Landes    Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210820903255,"sku":"9789004461024","price":122.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-end-s-of-time-s-apocalypticism-messianism-and-utopianism-through-the-ages-9789004461024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}