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Dread and Hope: Christian Eschatology and Pop Culture

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Dread and Hope: Christian Eschatology and Pop Culture

Joshua Wise, "Dread and Hope: Christian Eschatology and Pop Culture "
English | ISBN: 1978708165 | 2022 | 174 pages | PDF | 1262 KB

Christianity was born in the midst of great expectation and fear about the world’s future. The existing Jewish paradigm of the coming Messiah, his antithesis, and the initiation of the coming age set the stage for Christian beliefs about the end of the current age. However, the unexpected death and resurrection of Jesus caused that paradigm to be reformed within the burgeoning Christian faith, reshaping hopes, and reworking old patterns.
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