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100 1 $aO'Leary, Stephen D.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93032478
245 10 $aArguing the apocalypse :$ba theory of millennial rhetoric /$cStephen D. O'Leary.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c[1994], ©1994.
263 $a9401
300 $avi, 314 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1. 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.
520 $aApocalyptic 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.
520 8 $aUsing 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.
520 8 $aThe 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.
520 8 $aArguing 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.
520 8 $aIt 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.
650 0 $aApocalyptic literature$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101191
650 0 $aRhetoric.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113628
650 0 $aDiscourse analysis.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038362
653 0 $aApocalypticism.
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