The Archangel Michael Beyond Orthodoxy
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The history of these limitless boundaries is redefined in “unorthodox” manners by Christians of Adventist beliefs; by politicians using religious apocalypse in their rhetoric; by New Age leaders combining such tendencies in highly innovative and individualistic manners.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the University of Bergen.
Alexandros Tsakos is Scientific Director of the Manuscripts’ and Rare Books’ Collection at the Special Collections of the University of Bergen Library, Norway. Marie von der Lippe is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Bergen, Norway Alf Tore Hommedal is Associate Professor in the Department of Cultural History at the University Museum of Bergen, Norway.
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1.“The archangel Michael looked just like me”:The iconization of the archangel Michael in twentieth-century Moldova, James A. Kapaló, (University College Cork, Ireland)
2. “Latent archangels”: The archangel Michael in Romanian fascism, Roland Clark, (University of Liverpool, UK)
3. “Menacing, powerful, and frightful captain of the heavenly host”: The archangel Michael in early modern Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Ovidiu Olar, (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)
4. Can a celestial warrior become a healer? The archangel Michael in the manuscript and oral traditions of Romanian charms, Emanuela Timotin (Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy)
5.Letters from Heaven: The archangel Michael as God’s messenger in Western Christianity, Alexandros Tsakos (University of Bergen, Norway)
6.“Who is Michael?”: Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Protestant tradition, George D. Chryssides, (York St. John University, UK)
7.Playing with the dragon: Michaelmas celebrations in Steiner schools as hybrid rituals in the making, Marie von der Lippe,(University of Bergen, Norway) and Camilla Stabel Jørgensen, (NTNU, Norway)
8. “Mr. fix-it archangel”: Michael in American New Age spirituality, Cecilie Endresen (University of Oslo, Norway)
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Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2025 |
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Zusatzinfo | 25 bw illus |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
ISBN-10 | 1-350-30269-4 / 1350302694 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-30269-3 / 9781350302693 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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