Cultures of Eschatology Volume 1: Empires and Scriptural Authorities in Medieval Christian, Islamic and Buddhist Communities Volume 2: Time, Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian, Islamic and Buddhist Communities
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ArticleSeries: Publication details: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter De Gruyter Oldenbourg [Imprint] 2020Description: 1 electronic resource (834 p.)Content type: - text
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- Time period qualifiers
- CE period up to c 1500
- History and Archaeology
- History
- Middle Eastern history
- History: specific events and topics
- Social and cultural history
- Philosophy and Religion
- Religion and beliefs
- Religion: general
- History of religion
- Christianity
- End-Time scenarios
- Medieval history
- apocalypticism
- eschatology
- messianism
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The belief in the Last Things has an integral place in Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. The two volumes want to explain how eschatological thought influenced and factored into the political and religious perception and self-definition of medieval communities. How did notions of an imminent end shape a community's identity, the perception of other communities and an individual's perspective towards life and the world?
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