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

Volume 2: Time, Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian, Islamic and Buddhist Communities

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Contributor(s)
Wieser, Veronika (editor)
Eltschinger, Vincent (editor)
Heiss, Johann (editor)
Collection
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Language
English
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Abstract
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?
URI
https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/186287
Keywords
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
DOI
10.1515/9783110597745
Publisher
De Gruyter
Publisher website
http://www.degruyter.com/
Publication date and place
Berlin/Boston, 2020
Grantor
Imprint
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Series
Cultural History of Apocalyptic Thought / Kulturgeschichte der Apokalypse,
Pages
834