Apocalypticism

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, woodcut print from the Apocalypse of Albrecht Dürer (1497–1498), Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Apocalypticism is the religious belief that the end of the world is imminent, even within one's own lifetime.[1] This belief is usually accompanied by the idea that civilization will soon come to a tumultuous end due to some sort of catastrophic global event.[1][2]

Apocalypticism is one aspect of eschatology in certain religions, the part of theology concerned with the final events of human history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity (societal collapse, human extinction, and so on).[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Greisiger, Lutz (2015). "Apocalypticism, Millenarianism, and Messianism". In Blidstein, Moshe; Silverstein, Adam J.; Stroumsa, Guy G. (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of the Abrahamic Religions. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 272–294. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199697762.013.14. ISBN 978-0-19-969776-2. LCCN 2014960132. S2CID 170614787.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NovaReligio 1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hubbes, László (2016). "Apocalyptic as a New Mental Paradigm of the Middle Ages". In Ryan, Michael A. (ed.). A Companion to the Premodern Apocalypse. Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition. Vol. 64. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 144–176. doi:10.1163/9789004307667_006. ISBN 9789004307667. ISSN 1871-6377. LCCN 2015036208. S2CID 85463647.

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