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11	The influence of the literary structure on the identification of TO KATECHON in Second Thessalonians 2:6-7 Pass, William N. W., January 1988 (has links) Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-109).
12	The rapture according to the Book of Revelation / Schilling, David V. January 1990 (has links) Thesis (Th. M.)--Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 214-224).
13	An introductory study of the relationship of imminency to the time of the rapture Davis, William S. January 1998 (has links) Thesis (M. A.)--Lancaster Bible College, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 104-110).
14	A biblical critique of Marvin Rosenthal's use of "the day of the Lord" in the pre-wrath view Yarid, John Richard, January 1996 (has links) Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-51).
15	A biblical critique of Marvin Rosenthal's use of "the day of the Lord" in the pre-wrath view Yarid, John Richard, January 1996 (has links) (PDF) Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-51).
16	Space rapture: extraterrestrial millennialism and the cultural construction of space colonization McMillen, Ryan Jeffrey 28 August 2008 (has links) Not available / text Space colonies Colonization--Religious aspects End of the world Rapture (Christian eschatology) Millennium (Eschatology) O'Neill, Gerard K
17	Space rapture extraterrestrial millennialism and the cultural construction of space colonization / McMillen, Ryan Jeffrey. Meikle, Jeffrey L., Smith, Mark C. January 2004 (has links) (PDF) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisors: Jeffrey Meikle and Mark Smith. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Also available from UMI.
18	Creeping crusade : interpretation, discourse and ideology in the left behind corpus, rhetoric and society in the light of revelation 7 Mollett, Margaret 02 1900 (has links) While the Left Behind Corpus may be commended for being an effective tool for evangelism, the question arises of whether or not its themes engender a theology of extermination, indeed a creeping crusade; “creeping” in the sense of it being a movement of stealth and not one of high visibility – “crusade” in the sense of a militaristic movement, similar to that of the medieval crusades. I span my research across three artefacts in the LB Corpus in terms of its embedded interpretation, discourse and ideology; in fact three separate entities for explanatory purposes, but in effect they form a single entity of interaction and cross-production. I am therefore extending many niches of research and critical discourse to what I envisage as the wider context of the LB Corpus: its potential for social construction, and its enigmatic connections with other apocalyptic-driven and crusade-like movements. Based as it is on “consistent literalism,” the LB Corpus can only be countered by an exegetical approach that situates the foundational text for the Left Behind phenomenon, Revelation 7, in its historical setting, while taking cognisance of the particularities of early Christianity, with its Jewish heritage lived out in a Graeco-Roman environment. In offering an alternative reading, I take some cues from Vernon Robbins‟ socio-rhetorical approach and draw from perspectives of theorists across several disciplinary fields in pointing out anomalies in a consistent literalism driven interpretation of Revelation 7. / New Testament / Thesis (D.Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies)) Apocalypticism Dispensationalism Dominionism Socio-rhetoric criticism Literalism Dispensationalism 001.9 Revelation Dominion theology
19	Creeping crusade : interpretation, discourse and ideology in the left behind corpus, rhetoric and society in the light of revelation 7 Mollett, Margaret 02 1900 (has links) While the Left Behind Corpus may be commended for being an effective tool for evangelism, the question arises of whether or not its themes engender a theology of extermination, indeed a creeping crusade; “creeping” in the sense of it being a movement of stealth and not one of high visibility – “crusade” in the sense of a militaristic movement, similar to that of the medieval crusades. I span my research across three artefacts in the LB Corpus in terms of its embedded interpretation, discourse and ideology; in fact three separate entities for explanatory purposes, but in effect they form a single entity of interaction and cross-production. I am therefore extending many niches of research and critical discourse to what I envisage as the wider context of the LB Corpus: its potential for social construction, and its enigmatic connections with other apocalyptic-driven and crusade-like movements. Based as it is on “consistent literalism,” the LB Corpus can only be countered by an exegetical approach that situates the foundational text for the Left Behind phenomenon, Revelation 7, in its historical setting, while taking cognisance of the particularities of early Christianity, with its Jewish heritage lived out in a Graeco-Roman environment. In offering an alternative reading, I take some cues from Vernon Robbins‟ socio-rhetorical approach and draw from perspectives of theorists across several disciplinary fields in pointing out anomalies in a consistent literalism driven interpretation of Revelation 7. / New Testament / Thesis (D.Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies)) Apocalypticism Dispensationalism Dominionism Socio-rhetoric criticism Literalism Dispensationalism 001.9 Revelation Dominion theology
20	Challenging messianism and apocalyptism : a study of the three surviving Messiahs, their related commonalities, problematic issues and the beliefs surrounding them Krawitz, Lilian 11 1900 (has links) The thesis is concerned with two issues, modern messiahs and their appeal, namely the highly successful Rebbe M.M. Schneerson from Chabad; and hostile, modern day, militant messianists and their beliefs, namely the USA Christian evangelicals and their rapture belief. The study directs attention at the three successful (in the sense that their movements survived their deaths) Jewish Messiahs, the 1st century Jesus, the 17th century Sabbatai Sevi and the present day, but recently deceased (1994) Rebbe Schneerson. The focus in the study falls on the latter two Jewish Messiahs, especially Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad, from Crown Heights, New York, whose messianic beliefs and conduct the thesis has been able to follow in real time. The thesis argues that Rebbe Schneerson and Chabad‟s extreme messianic beliefs and praxis, and the marked similarities that exist between all three Jewish Messiahs and their followers indicate that Chabad will probably, over time, become another religion removed from Judaism. The thesis notes that the three Jewish Messiahs share a similar messiah template, the “„suffering servant‟ messiah” template. The thesis argues that this template is related to the wide appeal and success of these three Jewish messiahs, as it offers their followers the option of vicarious atonement which relieves people from dealing with their own transgressions and permits people to evade the demanding task of assuming personal accountability for all their actions, including their transgressions. The recommendations in this thesis are prompted by the “wall of deafening silence” which is the result of political correctness and the “hands off religion” position, that prevents debate or censure of hostile militant messianism, despite the inherent dangers and high cost attached to the praxis of hostile, militant messianism and militant messianists‟ belief in exclusive apocalyptic scenarios, in modern, multicultural and democratic societies. The thesis argues this situation is not tenable and that it needs to be addressed, especially where modern day, hostile, militant messianists, unlike their predecessors at Qumran, now have access to the military and to military hardware, including nuclear warheads, and are able to hasten the End Times should they simply choose to do so. / Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Archaeology) Apocalyptism Apostasy Chabad Christian evangelicals Christian Zionism Compassion Deification Dual Covenant Theology Evangelical right-wing Hassidism Heresy Incarnation Jewish Messiahs Jewish messianism Jewish resurrection imagery Kabbalah Lubavitchers Lurianic Kabbalah Maimonides Messiah templates Militant messianism Mishneh Torah Modern messiahs Qumran Rapture Sabbatians Sabbatai Sevi Schneerson Suffering servant messiah template Gabriel Stone Vicarious atonement 206.1 Messiah -- Comparative studies Messiah -- History of doctrines Messiah -- Judaism Messiah -- Prophecies Hasidism -- Comparative studies Covenant theology -- Comparative studies Pseudo-Messiahs Nativistic movements Rapture (Christian eschatology) Tribulation (Christian eschatology) Sabbathaians -- Influence Knohl, Israel -- Influence LaHaye, Tim F. -- Influence Shabbethai Tzevi, 1626-1676 -- Influence

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