tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13643646.post1282414291430676565..comments2023-05-19T03:36:11.201-05:00Comments on Freedom Log: AhistoricismOne of Freedomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02479227411431959461noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13643646.post-73402168087495315162013-05-24T18:01:38.250-05:002013-05-24T18:01:38.250-05:00In the class I'm teaching we looked at Aimee S...In the class I'm teaching we looked at Aimee Semple McPherson's vision from Joel. This vision articulates how Pentecostals re-imagined dispensationalism as moving towards a great revival instead of just getting worse and worse. Of course they often think the revival ends in rapture kicking off the tribulation but that is besides the point. So the interesting bit (using her account from This Is That) to me is that she glosses over the history she obviously doesn't know (pre-reformation), and assumes the so-called dark ages was a time of godless apostasy. Then she very much simplifies and contracts history from Luther on. Only a few events really seem to matter. This is a great example of how evangelical ahistoricism functions. History is made servant to the flavour of end time scenario preached, really it is more like a misunderstood slave. I don't know Lasch's book but it looks like it might be a good one to keep an eye out for. One of Freedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479227411431959461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13643646.post-23718703309344433712013-05-24T07:25:22.044-05:002013-05-24T07:25:22.044-05:00I thought that the lack of concern for History has...I thought that the lack of concern for History has been going on for a while. If memory serves, it was mentioned in Christopher Lasch in his book, <i>The Culture Of Narcissism</i>.Curt Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06086508660386800294noreply@blogger.com