Waiting for Antichrist Charisma and Apocalypse in a Pentecostal Church

Name: Waiting for Antichrist Charisma and Apocalypse in a Pentecostal Church
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ISBN: 9780195178562

ISBN-10: 0195178564

ISBN-13: 9780195178562

Edition: 2005

Authors: Damian Thompson

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How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on earth reflect a nascent political awareness. In this book Damian Thompson looks at the members of one religious group with a strong apocalyptic tradition - Kensington Temple, a large Pentecostal church in London - and attempts to understand how they reconcile doctrines of the end of the world with the demands of their everyday lives. He asks such questions as: Who is making the argument that the world is about to end, and on…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/21/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.18" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English




Introduction



The problem of the end



Pentecostalism and the end times



Kensington Temple



Living with the end



Millenarians



The year 2000



Conclusions