{"id":10715,"date":"2006-08-28T10:04:36","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T10:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/libtest\/2006\/08\/28\/dreaming_of_the_1\/"},"modified":"2012-05-09T17:05:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T17:05:32","slug":"dreaming_of_the_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/librarynews\/2006\/08\/28\/dreaming_of_the_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Dreaming of the End"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are strong apocalyptic elements to each of the major Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Among the events prophesied are things like the appearance of a messiah, huge cataclysms, a last judgment, and the end of the world. Given the current awful conflicts in the Middle East–home to these religions–and the religious passions involved, the following articles and books might provide some food for thought.<\/p>\n

Apocalypse: An Overview<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Eschatology: An Overview<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Armageddon, battle of<\/a>\/\/\u00a0Millennialism<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Mahdi<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Messiah<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Antichrist<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Judgment of the Dead<\/a>\u00a0\/\/Revelation, book of<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Shia: Imami (Twelver)<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Jerusalem in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Prophecy<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Isaiah<\/a>
\nEncyclopedia of Apocalypticism<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Left Behind Series<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Rapture, Revelation, and the end times<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Contemporary Muslim apocalyptic literature<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0The resurrection and the afterlife<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Eschatological themes in medieval Jewish philosophy<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0The fate of the dead : studies on the Jewish and Christian apocalypses<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0On the road to Armageddon<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0The battles of Armageddon<\/a><\/p>\n


\nEvangelical Solidarity with the Jews<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Ideological Roots of Christian Zionism<\/a>\u00a0\/\/The Legend of al-Dajjal (Antichrist)<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Eschatology: Some Muslim and Christian Data<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Time, Culture and Christian Eschatology<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Bin Ladin: The Man Who Would Be Mahdi<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Waiting for the Messiah<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Romance Between Christian Right, Jewish Establishment Seems to Be Cooling Off<\/a>\u00a0\/\/\u00a0Farrakhan: This is time of doom<\/a>\/\/\u00a0Jerusalem in Islamic fundamentalism
\n<\/a>
\n–Fred Rowland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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