Definition of Apocalypticism

1. Noun. (alternative capitalization of apocalypticism) ¹

2. Noun. A belief or doctrine based on apocalypse, especially which believes in an imminent end to the current world order. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apocalypticism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apocalypticism

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Literary usage of Apocalypticism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. What is Christianity?: A Study of Rival Interpretations by George Cross (1918)
"It is only in recent times that this feature of Apocalypticism has been giving ... VALUE OF Apocalypticism We shall conclude the discussion of our subject ..."

2. Christianizing the Social Order by Walter Rauschenbusch (1912)
"Those who drank the cup of apocalypticism henceforth moved in a world of unrealities ... Apocalypticism is of more than academic interest, for it is still a ..."

3. A Theology for the Social Gospel by Walter Rauschenbusch (1917)
"It is vital to this problem to know in what direction Jesus was working, into apocalypticism or out of it. We can see that he began with a Jewish horizon ..."

4. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"Messianism and Apocalypticism.—The term Messianism is here used to designate Israel's hope for a blessed and glorious national future. ..."

5. The Religious Teaching of the Old Testament by Albert Cornelius Knudson (1918)
"Apocalypticism did not grow naturally out of existing conditions, as did the teaching ... The latter were in their whole spirit opposed to apocalypticism. ..."

6. Review of Theology & Philosophy edited by Allan Menzies (1908)
"If the Evangelists were so touched with the spirit of apocalypticism as to make the historical Jesus speak in language that has its parallel rather in the ..."

7. Quests for Salvation in New Testament Times by Charles James Ritchey (1922)
"To perhaps a considerable number of non-Jewish converts, apocalypticism ... The continuance of apocalypticism in the church amply justifies this conclusion. ..."

8. A Testimony of Jesus Christ by Anthony/Charles Garland (2007)
""The details of this dramatic description of a universe in turmoil are drawn from the common stock of current apocalypticism. They are not to be taken with ..."

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