عنوان

Apocalypticism and Popular Culture in South Africa:

شماره

LA126523

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Apocalypticism and Popular Culture in South Africa:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

An Overview and Update

نام نخستين پديدآور

Margaret Mollett

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Apocalypticism, in the form of premillennial dispensationalism, based on foundational texts in Daniel, 2 Thessalonians and the book of Revelation, took root in South Africa through missionaries from the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century. At first associated with Pentecostal churches and splinter groups from traditional churches belief in an imminent rapture followed by the tribulation, the millennium and final white throne judgment characterise an ever-widening circle of so-called charismatic groups. This heightening of expectation can mainly be ascribed to the influence of Hal Lindsey during the 70s and 80s and Tim LaHaye during the first decade of the 21st century. Rapid growth in media technology and the popularity of religious fiction has resulted in a merging of apocalyptic expectation with popular culture. This article probes the nature of "popular culture" and its relation to religion in South African context, and indicates a route for further enquiry and research. It concludes with the question, "What obligation does this lay on the scholarly guild?" Apocalypticism, in the form of premillennial dispensationalism, based on foundational texts in Daniel, 2 Thessalonians and the book of Revelation, took root in South Africa through missionaries from the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century. At first associated with Pentecostal churches and splinter groups from traditional churches belief in an imminent rapture followed by the tribulation, the millennium and final white throne judgment characterise an ever-widening circle of so-called charismatic groups. This heightening of expectation can mainly be ascribed to the influence of Hal Lindsey during the 70s and 80s and Tim LaHaye during the first decade of the 21st century. Rapid growth in media technology and the popularity of religious fiction has resulted in a merging of apocalyptic expectation with popular culture. This article probes the nature of "popular culture" and its relation to religion in South African context, and indicates a route for further enquiry and research. It concludes with the question, "What obligation does this lay on the scholarly guild?"

تاريخ نشر

2012

توصيف ظاهري

219-236

عنوان

Religion and Theology

شماره جلد

19/3-4

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1574-3012

اصطلاح موضوعی

Apocalypticism

اصطلاح موضوعی

Hal Lindsey

اصطلاح موضوعی

Pentecostalism

اصطلاح موضوعی

popular culture

اصطلاح موضوعی

Tim LaHaye

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Margaret Mollett

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15743012-12341240

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y