The Renewal of Time and Space: The Missing Element of Discussions about Nineteenth-Century Premillennialism

• Autores: Martin Spence
• Localización: Journal of ecclesiastical history, ISSN 0022-0469, Vol. 63, Nº 1, 2012, págs. 81-101
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This article is a contribution to the recent debate in this Journal between Ralph Brown and Boyd Hilton concerning the nature of British nineteenth-century premillennialism.1 It discusses the premillennialists' view of time and argues that a sense of God's involvement with the historical process led them to affirm temporal development and progress as the media for divine activity. It also discusses their view of the destiny of the earth and shows how premillennialist eschatology was fully materialistic, placing a high view on the body and the physical world. These are important factors in accounting for the premillennialist social vision.