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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Armageddon"”.
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Christian Zionism and doctrinal islamophobia: Expediting the end times
… a necessary step in bringing about the Battle of Armageddon and the subsequent Second Coming of Jesus Christ, which is the main objective of the movement. Furthermore, some Christian Zionists believe that the return of all Jews to Israel is also a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Christ. What …
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Working with Metal: The Stylistic Characteristics of the Swedish Band Meshuggah and an Original Composition Inspired by Their Work
… same components to an original composition, <em>Armageddon,</em> scored for flute, Bb clarinet, C trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin, viola, cello, and double bass. I used these techniques both in similar and different ways. I also explain how I employed a few techniques of my own.</p>
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Plague of absence : insect declines and the fate of ecosystems
… The decline, dubbed by one reporter the "insect armageddon," was widespread, affecting sites on nature reserves across the country. It was also indiscriminate, affecting not just certain species, but overall biomass. In the following years, similar studies from Greenland, Puerto Rico, and …
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Becoming Accountable: Jehovah's Witnesses and the responsibilities of evangelism
… by examining what happens to evangelism after Armageddon and what eschatology means for Witness evangelism in the here-and-now. To draw out how Witnesses conceptualize and methodologize the process of becoming accountable to Jehovah in the chapters of this thesis, I ethnographically …
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Providence and Alchemy: Paracelsus on How Knowledge Unfolded, Matter Developed, and Bodies Might Be Perfected.
… but also their know-how - with an eye, when Armageddon came, to defending themselves. Chapter three examines the role that natural objects (chiefly stones and plants) were supposed to play in the providential disclosure of their own purposes. The objects bore external signs, indicating what …
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History's Perilous Pleasures: Experiencing Antiquity in the Postwar Hollywood Epic
… of World War II, the imminence of a nuclear Armageddon, and the possibility of no future, the epic renders visible and forces an encounter with the very terrors it promises and seeks to escape. As such, it presents a portrait of an uneasy American culture struggling, and never quite …
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For God and Country: The Religious Right, the Reagan Administration, and the Cold War
In the late 1970s, a number of prominent evangelical ministers decided to become actively involved in American politics. Dubbed the New Christian Right by some, the Religious Right or the Christian Right by others, these figures immediately became very vocal about the need to restore morality to …