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Apocalypticism in the Western Tradition

Apocalypticism in the Western Tradition

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  • ISBN-13: 9780860783961
  • ISBN: 0860783960
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited

AUTHOR

McGinn, Bernard

SUMMARY

Apocalypticism has always been an integral part of Christian history, whether held in an extreme, even violent and sensational form, or reinterpreted to postpone the end of days safely into the future or to act as a focus for spiritualizing the believer's inner life. In the first two essays here Professor McGinn aims to define the topic and to provide a summary of its historiography. The following papers analyse the influence of and interpretations given to apocalyptic ideas and texts inherited by the medieval West, Sibylline as well as Biblical, and the creation of new texts and symbols, such as that of the angelic pope. The final section then concentrates on the thought of the Calabrian abbot, Joachim of Fiore, the outstanding Western exponent of apocalyptic ideas, and on its reception.La notion de l'Apocalypse a toujours fait partie intégrale de l'histoire chrétienne, que ce soit de façon extrême, allant jusqu'à la violence et au sensationalisme, ou sous forme de ré-interprétations remettant confortablement la fin du monde à un avenir plus lointain, ou bien encore qui en faisaient le point de convergence menant à l'élévation spirituelle interne du croyant. Au travers des duex premiers essais contenus dans ce volume, le professeur McGinn vise à définir le sujet et à en résumer l'historiographie. Les articles suivants analysent l'influence et les diverses interprétations données aux idées et textes apocalyptiques, sibyllins de même que bibliques, dont l'Occident médiéval a hérité, ainsi que la création de nouveaux textes et symboles, tels que celui du pastor angelicus. La dernière section de ce recueil s'attache à la pensée de l'abbé calabrais, Joachim de Fiore, remarquable interprète occidental des idées eshcatologiques, et à façon dont celle-ci a été reçue.McGinn, Bernard is the author of 'Apocalypticism in the Western Tradition' with ISBN 9780860783961 and ISBN 0860783960.

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