God's Strange Work: William Miller and the End of the World
The fascinating story of an intriguing -- and little understood -- religious figure in nineteenth-century America Calvinist Baptist preacher William Miller (1782 - 1849) was the first prominent American popularizer of using biblical prophecy to determine a specific and imminent time for Christ's return to earth. On October 22, 1844 -- a day known as the Great Disappointment - he and his followers gave away their possessions, abandoned their work, donned white robes, and ascended to rooftops and hilltops to await a Second Coming that never actually came. Or so the story goes. The truth -- revealed here -- is far less titillating but just a…
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Weitere Autoren: Noll, Mark A. (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-0-8028-0380-1
- EAN: 9780802803801
- Produktnummer: 3679471
- Verlag: William B Eerdmans Pub Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 249 S.
- Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.0 cm x D2.0 cm 386 g
- Gewicht: 386
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