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Arguing the Apocalypse: a theory of millennial rhetoric / Stephen D. O'Leary.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Leary, Stephen D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- Rhetoric.
- Discourse analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (325 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-47063-1
- 0-19-802422-3
- OCLC:
- 476006268
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