The Americanization of the apocalypse : creating America's own Bible / Donald Harman Akenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Akenson, Donald H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Protestants.

Bible. Revelation--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In The Americanization of the Apocalypse: Creating America's Own Bible Donald Harman Akenson examines the creation and spread of Dispensationalism, a belief system that produced The Scofield Reference Bible, the ur-text of American apocalyptic evangelicalism.

Contents:

Cover

The Americanization of the Apocalypse

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: The Migration of Ideas

PART I. GEOGRAPHY COUNTS

1. Ireland: Not the Garden of Eden

2. Becoming True Britons

3. Preparing for North America

PART II. THE NEW CONTINENT

4. The Great Inland Sea

5. The Best Available Personnel

6. Riding an Everyday Diaspora

PART III. MASS DIFFUSION

7. Import Licences

8. Buyers' Remorse?

9. The Wasp-​Waist Passage

10. Tall Man Standing

11. The Mist That Was Moody

12. The Long Prophetic Party, 1875-​1895

PART IV BUILDING A NEW SCRIPTURE

13 Checking behind the Curtain

14. As Original as Sin?

15. Garnering Resources

16. Big Deal at Amen Corner

17. Yet More Helpful Friends

18. Unto the Last Day

19. Audit: Taking It All In

Appendix: The Physics of Upper Canadian Protestantism

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-759982-6

0-19-759981-8

0-19-759980-X