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
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 sha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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| Series: | Cultural History of Apocalyptic Thought / Kulturgeschichte der Apokalypse
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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? |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (834 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110597745 |