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• catalog abstract ""Apocalyptic expectations of Armageddon and a New Age have been a fixture of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the year 2000 fast approaching, such millennial visions are becoming increasingly popular. In Arguing the Apocalypse Stephen O'Leary sheds new light on the age-old fascination with the End of the Age by proposing a rhetorical explanation for the widespread appeal of millennialism." "Using examples of apocalyptic argument from ancient to modern times, O'Leary identifies the recurring patterns in apocalyptic texts and movements and shows how and why the New Testament Apocalypse has been used to support a variety of political stances and programs. Looking at works as diverse as William Miller's nineteenth-century lectures and Hal Lindsey's bestsellers, he probes the apparently fundamental human need to view history as symbolic drama - either comic or tragic. The book concludes with a critical review of the recent appearances of doomsday scenarios in our politics and culture, and a meditation on the significance of the Apocalypse in the nuclear age." "Arguing the Apocalypse is the most thorough examination of its subject to date: a study of a neglected chapter of our religious and cultural history, a guide to the politics of Armageddon, and a map of millennial consciousness. It will be of keen interest to scholars and students in numerous fields, including the history of religion, biblical criticism, rhetoric, communications, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, and literary criticism, as well as anyone intrigued by doomsday politics."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b4441645.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description ""Apocalyptic expectations of Armageddon and a New Age have been a fixture of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the year 2000 fast approaching, such millennial visions are becoming increasingly popular. In Arguing the Apocalypse Stephen O'Leary sheds new light on the age-old fascination with the End of the Age by proposing a rhetorical explanation for the widespread appeal of millennialism." "Using examples of apocalyptic argument from ancient to modern times, O'Leary identifies the recurring patterns in apocalyptic texts and movements and shows how and why the New Testament Apocalypse has been used to support a variety of political stances and programs. Looking at works as diverse as William Miller's nineteenth-century lectures and Hal Lindsey's bestsellers, he probes the apparently fundamental human need to view history as symbolic drama - either comic or tragic. The book concludes with a critical review of the recent appearances of doomsday scenarios in our politics and culture, and a meditation on the significance of the Apocalypse in the nuclear age." "Arguing the Apocalypse is the most thorough examination of its subject to date: a study of a neglected chapter of our religious and cultural history, a guide to the politics of Armageddon, and a map of millennial consciousness. It will be of keen interest to scholars and students in numerous fields, including the history of religion, biblical criticism, rhetoric, communications, philosophy, political science, sociology, anthropology, and literary criticism, as well as anyone intrigued by doomsday politics."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "1. Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Apocalypse -- 2. Time, Evil, Authority -- 3. From Eschatology to Apocalypse: Dramatic and Argumentative Form in the Discourse of Prophetic Interpretation -- 4. Millerism as a Rhetorical Movement -- 5. Millerite Argumentation -- 6. Hal Lindsey and the Apocalypse of the Twentieth Century -- 7. Apocalyptic Politics in the New Christian Right -- 8. The Apocalypse of Apocalypses -- Epilogue. Waco and Beyond.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-303) and index.".
• catalog extent "ix, 314 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Arguing the apocalypse.".
• catalog identifier "0195080459".
• catalog isFormatOf "Arguing the apocalypse.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Arguing the apocalypse.".
• catalog subject "291.2/3 20".
• catalog subject "Apocalyptic literature History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Apocalypticism.".
• catalog subject "BL501 .O44 1994".
• catalog subject "Discourse analysis.".
• catalog subject "Rhetoric.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Apocalypse -- 2. Time, Evil, Authority -- 3. From Eschatology to Apocalypse: Dramatic and Argumentative Form in the Discourse of Prophetic Interpretation -- 4. Millerism as a Rhetorical Movement -- 5. Millerite Argumentation -- 6. Hal Lindsey and the Apocalypse of the Twentieth Century -- 7. Apocalyptic Politics in the New Christian Right -- 8. The Apocalypse of Apocalypses -- Epilogue. Waco and Beyond.".
• catalog title "Arguing the apocalypse : a theory of millennial rhetoric / Stephen D. O'Leary.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".