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Crawford Gribben. Evangelical Millennialism in the Trans-Atlantic World, 15002000. Basingstoke, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 202 pp. Cloth, £50.00, isbn 978-0-230-00825-0. Timothy Miller, University of Kansas In 2011 an American Christian radio broadcaster named Harold Camping attracted massive media attention, and some actual following, for his prediction that on May 21 of that year Christ would return to earth and rapture away the faithful, carrying them heavenward, while the rest went through terrible earthly tribulations that would culminate five months later with the end of the world. It was not Camping's first exercise in date-setting; he had earlier published predictions of the end in 1988 and 1994. When May 22, 2011, dawned with the faithful still very much earthbound, Camping revised his date forward to October 21, 2011. Harold Camping is hardly the first to set dates for the various events in the end-of-the-world scenarios espoused by millions of Christians around the world. Indeed, every age since the dawn of Christianity has seen date-setting. Millennialism--which defined broadly is found in many, if not most, religious traditions and not just Christianity--is one of the most durable forms of utopianism in the world. It is easily the most widely followed form
Utopian Studies – Penn State University Press
Published: Nov 25, 2012
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