03106nam 22007693u 450 991045601070332120210111121519.01-280-47063-10-19-802422-3(CKB)111000211155140(EBL)271012(OCoLC)476006268(SSID)ssj0000105468(PQKBManifestationID)11116766(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105468(PQKBWorkID)10101669(PQKB)11073750(SSID)ssj0000356726(PQKBManifestationID)12087691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356726(PQKBWorkID)10349938(PQKB)11752168(MiAaPQ)EBC271012(EXLCZ)9911100021115514020130418d1998|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrArguing the Apocalypse[electronic resource] A Theory of Millennial RhetoricNew York Oxford University Press19981 online resource (325 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508045-9 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZApocalyptic 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.Apocalyptic literatureDiscourse analysisEnd of the worldRhetoricApocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismRhetoricDiscourse analysisReligion - GeneralHILCCReligionHILCCPhilosophy & ReligionHILCCElectronic books.Apocalyptic literature.Discourse analysis.End of the world.Rhetoric.Apocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismRhetoricDiscourse analysisReligion - GeneralReligionPhilosophy & Religion291.23O'Leary Stephen D922543AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910456010703321Arguing the Apocalypse2070138UNINA