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The Political Character Of Adventist Rhetoric Until The End Of The Civil War, Jeffrey Boyd Smith
The Political Character Of Adventist Rhetoric Until The End Of The Civil War, Jeffrey Boyd Smith
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
This thesis attempts to account for the emergence, development, and function of Seventh-day Adventist apocalyptic rhetoric within its social context. As the title indicates, the argument is that the rhetoric was political in character, having been derived from the apocalyptic rhetoric of American "civil religion," which originated in the colonial wars with the French during the eighteenth century. After tracing the formation of Adventist rhetoric from William Miller's preaching of the Second Coming to John N. Andrew's interpretation of the third angel's message found in Revelation 14, the author concludes with an analysis of this rhetoric's influence on Adventist behavior …
Adventist Heritage - Vol. 08, No. 2, Adventist Heritage, Inc.
Adventist Heritage - Vol. 08, No. 2, Adventist Heritage, Inc.
Adventist Heritage
In this issue:
2 | Editor's Stump
3 | Seventh-day Adventist Nurses: A Century of Service, 1883-1983
12 | "Train Up a Child . . ." -- Seventh-day Adventist Home Commission Publications: 1922-1932
23 | Heirloom: "Uncle Arthur" -- Master Story Teller
33 | The Pathfinders Club in North America: 1911-1966
48 | The Bitter Taste of Prosperity -- Sectarian Jeremiads and Adventist Medical Work in the 1920's
60 | Bookmarks: Uriah Smith: Pioneer Editor, by Eugene F. Durand
Ringers Of Bells And Teachers Of Civilization : The Work Of The California Franciscan Missionaries, 1769-1821, Gilberto Vega
Ringers Of Bells And Teachers Of Civilization : The Work Of The California Franciscan Missionaries, 1769-1821, Gilberto Vega
Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects
In 1769 Spain took active and decisive actions to settle the vast region of her empire known as California. To accomplish the feat she turned to the willing hands of the Franciscan missionaries. The friars willingly answered their call and through their labors assured Spanish hegemony over the region. Both soldiers and friars had participated in the project but the latter's role has usually been underestimated.
The usual mental picture of the Franciscan monks that settled California is one that belittles their greatness. Such views regard the friars as crude religious fanatics with little education and intelligence, whose only pleasure …
Adventist Heritage - Vol. 08, No. 1, Adventist Heritage, Inc.
Adventist Heritage - Vol. 08, No. 1, Adventist Heritage, Inc.
Adventist Heritage
In this issue:
2 | Editor's Stump
3 | Oberlin College and Adventist Educational Reforms
10 | Heirloom: "Where Apollo Tunes His Harp" -- Walla Walla in the 1890's
18 | William W. Prescott (1955-1944) -- Architect of a Bible-Centered Curriculum
25 | Celebrating the Centennials of Atlantic Union College and Pacific Union College
30 | When Oregon Outlawed Church Schools
40 | "Flirting with the World" -- How Adventist Colleges in North America Got Accredited
52 | To the Dragon Gate -- Adventist Schools in South China and Hong Kong (1903-1941)
61 | Bookmarks: "School Bells and Gospel Trumpets" …