Arguing the Apocalypse : A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric.

By: O'Leary, Stephen DMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1994Copyright date: ©1998Description: 1 online resource (325 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780195352962Subject(s): Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism | Discourse analysis | RhetoricGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Arguing the Apocalypse : A Theory of Millennial RhetoricDDC classification: 291.2/3 LOC classification: BL501 -- .O44 1998ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Sources and Translations -- ONE: Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Apocalypse -- TWO: Time, Evil, Authority -- THREE: From Eschatology to Apocalypse: Dramatic and Argumentative Form in the Discourse of Prophetic Interpretation -- FOUR: Millerism as a Rhetorical Movement -- FIVE: Millerite Argumentation -- SIX: Hal Lindsey and the Apocalypse of the Twentieth Century -- SEVEN: Apocalyptic Politics in the New Christian Right -- EIGHT: The Apocalypse of Apocalypses -- EPILOGUE: Waco and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Apocalyptic predictions of Armageddon and a New Age have been part of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the approach of the year 2000, millennial visions seem again to be increasing in popularity. The author of this text explores the phenomenon, proposing a rhetorical explanation.
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Intro -- Contents -- A Note on Sources and Translations -- ONE: Toward a Rhetorical Theory of Apocalypse -- TWO: Time, Evil, Authority -- THREE: From Eschatology to Apocalypse: Dramatic and Argumentative Form in the Discourse of Prophetic Interpretation -- FOUR: Millerism as a Rhetorical Movement -- FIVE: Millerite Argumentation -- SIX: Hal Lindsey and the Apocalypse of the Twentieth Century -- SEVEN: Apocalyptic Politics in the New Christian Right -- EIGHT: The Apocalypse of Apocalypses -- EPILOGUE: Waco and Beyond -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Apocalyptic predictions of Armageddon and a New Age have been part of the American cultural landscape for centuries. With the approach of the year 2000, millennial visions seem again to be increasing in popularity. The author of this text explores the phenomenon, proposing a rhetorical explanation.

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