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The Way the World Ends?

The Apocalypse of John in Culture and Ideology

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  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm

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The richly varied collection of 15 essays in this volume showcase the afterlife of the Book of Revelation. It is a biblical book that has left its mark in many fields of intellectual endeavour: literature, film, music, philosophy, political theology, and religious ideology. It is perhaps paradoxical that this book, which promises God's punishment upon anyone expanding on its contents, has nevertheless accumulated to itself over two millennia vast amounts of commentary, exposition, and appropriation. Offered at the close of the 'Blair/Bush years', this volume also exposes and highlights the often deeply ironic resonances generated while studying the reception history of Revelation during a period when the book has both significant public currency and a potentially terrifying global impact. Contents. Decoding, Reception History, Poetry: Three Hermeneutical Approaches to the Apocalypse (Jonathan Roberts); Self-Authorization in Christina Rossetti's The Face of the Deep (Jo Carruthers); Revelation, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Alison Jack); Revelation and Film (Melanie J. Wright); The Apocalypse according to Johnny Cash (William John Lyons); The Johannine Apocalypse and the Risk of Knowledge (James E. Harding); Revelation, Violence, and War (Heikki R
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  • Author

    William John Lyons

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Sheffield Phoenix Press

  • Published

    February 2009

  • Weight

    636g

  • Page Count

    328

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9781906055431

  • ISBN-10

    1906055432

  • Eden Code

    1229154

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