A Dream of the Judgment Day

A Dream of the Judgment Day
Author :
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 370
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780197533765
ISBN-13 : 0197533760
Rating : 4/5 (760 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Dream of the Judgment Day by : John Howard Smith

Download or read book A Dream of the Judgment Day written by John Howard Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has long thought of itself as exceptional--a nation destined to lead the world into a bright and glorious future. These ideas go back to the Puritan belief that Massachusetts would be a "city on a hill," and in time that image came to define the United States and the American mentality. But what is at the root of these convictions? John Howard Smith's A Dream of the Judgment Day explores the origins of beliefs about the biblical end of the world as Americans have come to understand them, and how these beliefs led to a conception of the United States as an exceptional nation with a unique destiny to fulfill. However, these beliefs implicitly and explicitly excluded African Americans and American Indians because they didn't fit white Anglo-Saxon ideals. While these groups were influenced by these Christian ideas, their exclusion meant they had to craft their own versions of millenarian beliefs. Women and other marginalized groups also played a far larger role than usually acknowledged in this phenomenon, greatly influencing the developing notion of the United States as the "redeemer nation." Smith's comprehensive history of eschatological thought in early America encompasses traditional and non-traditional Christian beliefs in the end of the world. It reveals how millennialism and apocalypticism played a role in destructive and racist beliefs like "Manifest Destiny," while at the same time influencing the foundational idea of the United States as an "elect nation." Featuring a broadly diverse cast of historical figures, A Dream of the Judgment Day synthesizes more than forty years of scholarship into a compelling and challenging portrait of early America.


A Dream of the Judgment Day Related Books

A Dream of the Judgment Day
Language: en
Pages: 370
Authors: John Howard Smith
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

The United States has long thought of itself as exceptional--a nation destined to lead the world into a bright and glorious future. These ideas go back to the P
A Dream of the Judgment Day
Language: en
Pages: 397
Authors: John Howard Smith
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

GET EBOOK

"The End is near! This phrase, so well known in the contemporary United States, invokes images of manic self-proclaimed prophets of doom standing on street corn
Judgment Days
Language: en
Pages: 566
Authors: Nick Kotz
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

GET EBOOK

Publisher Description
The Judgment Day
Language: en
Pages: 162
Authors: Joshua Hill Foster
Categories: Bible
Type: BOOK - Published: 1910 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Judgment Day
Language: en
Pages: 730
Authors: James F. David
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-04-01 - Publisher: Forge Books

GET EBOOK

Kingdom of Light; The Forces of Darkness Ira Breitling---Man of God; Manuel Crow---Lord of Darkness Even the universe is not big enough for the both of them . .