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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2022

Ben Jones
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Apocalypse without God
Apocalyptic Thought, Ideal Politics, and the Limits of Utopian Hope
 , pp. 222 - 226
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022
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Index

Acts, book of, 44, 111
Agricola, Johann, 124
Alexander VI, Pope, 62
Anabaptism, 121–122
anarchy, 117. See also state of nature.
Antichrist, 5, 21, 94–95, 103, 123
apocalyptic thought, cataclysmic, 7–8, 10, 40, 41, 45, 49, 54, 55–58, 72, 96, 123, 134, 136, 182, 192
Aristotle, 79
Armageddon, 191
Aspinwall, William, 96–97
atheism, 2, 119, 130, 133
Augustine, Saint, 39, 44, 69, 188
Augustus, Roman emperor, 68
Bacon, Francis, 115
Bar Kokhba, Simon, 186
Bathsheba, 116
Becchi, Ricciardo, 76, 80, 84, 88, 90
Bejan, Teresa, 180
Bellarmine, Robert, 99–100, 108
Berlin, Isaiah, 183
Bible, 15, 29, 39, 122, 130, 179, 192
Black Swan, 146, 160, 201–202
Blumenberg, Hans, 13–14, 25–27, 32, 36–37, 108
Boer, Roland, 137–140
bourgeoisie, 135, 136
Boyer, Paul, 21
Bush, George W., 29–31, 37
Caligula, Roman emperor, 116
capital punishment. See execution.
capitalism, 8, 58, 127, 134–136
catastrophe, 7, 11, 14, 17, 32–33, 34–35, 37, 136, 191
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 44
Catechism of the Council of Trent, 108
Catholicism, 44, 82, 99–100, 108, 130
Charles I, king of England, 95, 96, 97, 100, 105
Charles II, king of England, 99
Charles VIII, king of France, 61, 81–82
Christ. See Jesus.
Christianity, 2, 4–5, 7, 8, 10, 14–16, 17, 24, 30, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40–43, 44, 58, 68–70, 80–81, 82, 98, 110–113, 121, 122, 124, 128–129, 130, 131, 136–141, 165, 172, 176, 178–179, 187–189, 192, 193, 194
Church of England, 95, 100
City, Eternal. See Rome.
climate change, 12, 173, 191, 199
Cohen, G. A., 51, 54, 154
Cohn, Norman, 22, 24
Collins, Adela Yarbro, 69
Collins, John, 42
colonialism, 173
communism, 22, 23, 24, 25, 130, 136
Constantine, Roman emperor, 139
Covenanters, Scottish, 105
COVID-19, 12. See pandemic.
crisis, 1–2, 4, 7, 9, 17, 40, 41–43, 49, 55–56, 57–58, 64, 65–66, 72, 85, 88, 120, 121, 123, 124, 125, 132, 134–136, 139, 140–141, 182, 185, 192, 194
Cromwell, Oliver, 97
Crossan, John Dominic, 179
Cyrus, 66, 78, 83
Daniel, book of, 28, 35, 96, 124, 125
Dante, Alighieri, 70
David, king of Israel, 116
Descartes, René, 157
Deuteronomy, book of, 104
Diocletian, Roman emperor, 139
Dominic, Saint, 82
Emanuel, Rahm, 56
Engels, Friedrich, 1–4, 7–8, 14, 17, 23, 36, 119–121, 127–141, 191, 193–194
England, 92, 94–98, 99, 101, 135
Ephesians, book of, 122
eschatology, 14, 24, 26, 57, 75, 87, 93, 97–98, 108, 112, 120, 137, 182, 185–189
Estep, William, 122
Estlund, David, 50–51, 54
execution, 89–90, 96, 117
Exodus, book of, 67, 84, 104, 112
Ezekiel, book of, 126
faith, 10, 16, 17, 18, 24, 42, 44, 63, 72, 82, 85–86, 88, 98, 111–112, 114, 131, 145, 146, 147, 165–174, 175, 176, 192–193
reasonable, 170–173
fear of enemies (metus hostilis), 118
feasibility, 7–8, 39–40, 47, 58, 115, 121, 127, 140, 149, 151, 155–156, 162, 185, 192, 202. See also ideal theory, feasibility objection to
Fifth Monarchy Men, 92, 96–98, 101, 176
Flannery, Frances, 182
Florence, 17, 61–64, 66, 68, 70–91
founders, 2, 66–67, 78–85, 86–88, 90–91
France, 61, 82
Francis, Saint, 82
Frankenhausen, Battle of, 119
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, 125
Friedman, Milton, 56
Friesen, Abraham, 137
Gaus, Gerald, 46, 55, 146, 151, 152–155, 163–164
Genesis, book of, 34
Germany, 23, 34, 120, 130, 132
good, the greatest (summum bonum), 117
Goodwin, Thomas, 95
Gray, John, 31–32
Grebel, Conrad, 122
Guicciardini, Francesco, 61, 77–78, 83
Hall, John, 179
Harrison, Thomas, 97
Hebrews, book of, 165
Hendrix, Burke, 162
Hobbes, Thomas, 1–4, 7–8, 17, 33–35, 92–94, 96–118, 191, 193–194. See also kingdom of God, natural; kingdom of God, prophetic; and state of nature
Hoekstra, Kinch, 97, 103
Holland, 135
hope, 1, 6, 42–43, 56–58, 66, 67–68, 86, 114, 141, 164–165
apocalyptic, 3, 4, 23, 30, 44, 63, 67, 73, 94, 97, 102–103, 136, 139, 186–188, 191, 193
utopian, 4, 7–8, 9–10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 31, 57, 66, 67, 75, 88, 93, 115, 133–136, 147, 162, 165–174, 175–176, 182–186, 187, 189–190, 191, 192–194, 196
humility, 10, 81, 185, 187, 196
epistemic, 18, 155, 176, 186, 188–190, 193, 195
ideal theory, 6–11, 16, 17–18, 39–40, 45–49, 54–58, 145–174, 175–176, 182, 183–185, 189–190, 192–197, 198–202
catch-22 of, 7–8, 40, 55, 56, 58, 192
feasibility objection to, 48, 49, 50–53, 54, 55
navigational, 145, 148, 149, 152–153, 155, 159, 160–161, 162, 163–164, 165, 198, 201–202
utopian objection to, 48, 49, 53–55
idealism, 4, 18, 114–115
idealization, 148
idolatry, 41–43, 93, 111–112, 177
immortality, 68, 86, 87, 115, 170–171, 173
Islam, 186
Islamic State (ISIS), 5
Israel, 67, 78, 84, 104, 106, 186
Italy, 64, 66–67, 70, 71, 72, 74, 80, 81–82, 86
James I, king of England, 94
Jerusalem, new, 41, 43, 55, 63, 67–70, 71, 73–75, 85, 107
Jesus, 39, 41, 43, 44, 74, 95, 96, 100, 101, 106, 107, 110, 112–113, 114, 179, 180, 187, 194
Job, book of, 115
John, Duke of Saxony, 125
Judaism, 7, 10, 15–16, 24, 40, 137, 176, 186–187, 189, 192, 193
Judgment, the Last, 191
Jurdjevic, Mark, 65, 75
Kant, Immanuel, 155, 168–173
Kermode, Frank, 28
King Jr., Martin Luther, 166
kingdom of God, 2, 3–4, 7, 15, 17, 30, 36, 39, 40, 41, 43, 58, 66, 68–70, 72, 81, 88, 92–94, 95–103, 105, 114, 115, 118, 119–120, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 131–133, 137, 139, 141, 182, 187–188, 193–195
natural, 93, 106, 107–113, 115, 118
prophetic, 106–107, 109, 111, 112–113
Kings, book of 2, 112
Landes, Richard, 27
Landucci, Luca, 90
Laud, William, 105
Lenin, Vladimir, 135, 183
Leo X, Pope, 86
Lincoln, Abraham, 150, 172
Lincoln, Bruce, 29–31
Livy, 68
Lloyd, Sharon, 115
Lord’s Prayer, the, 107
Löwith, Karl, 22, 24, 26
Luther, Martin, 121, 122, 124, 125
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1–4, 7–8, 17, 61–68, 70, 75–91, 191, 193
republic, perpetual (republica perpetua), 4, 63–64, 67–68, 86–87, 88
Maimonides, Moses, 186
Mark, book of, 188
Markus, R. A., 188
Martin, Adrienne, 167
Marx, Karl, 23, 121, 127–128, 134, 135, 137–139, 140
Marxism, 2, 58, 119–121, 130, 133–141
materialism, historical, 127, 134
Matthew, book of, 29, 72, 73, 123, 194–195
Maynard, John, 95
McGinn, Bernard, 177
McQueen, Alison, 10–11, 28–31, 33–35, 65, 66
McVeigh, Timothy, 5
Mede, Joseph, 95
Medici, Lorenzo de’, 64–67, 78, 86
Medici, Piero de’, 61
Mendel, Arthur, 179
methodology, 11, 17, 32, 35, 145, 192
Mill, John Stuart, 163
millennialism/millenarianism, 14, 15, 24, 25, 27–28, 31, 65, 67
Mills, Charles, 162
miracles, 67, 72, 81, 104
Moltmann, Jürgen, 43
Moorhead, James, 27
More, Thomas, 16, 46, 115
Moses, 66–67, 78, 83–84, 104, 106
Müntzer, Thomas, 4, 17, 36, 119–120, 121–127, 128, 130–134, 137–138, 140, 141, 175, 182, 193
Naaman, 111–112
Najemy, John, 72
Nazism, 23–24, 31
Nero, Roman emperor, 116
Newton, Isaac, 148
Nozick, Robert, 154
O’Leary, Stephen, 57
Paine, Thomas, 56
pandemic, 12, 191
COVID-19, 12
parable, 123
of Hillside, 1–2, 193–194
of the Sheep and the Goats, 194–197
Parliament of England, 94–97, 102
Plato, 9, 16, 46, 79, 115
Pocock, J. G. A., 43
Popper, Karl, 158, 162–163, 184
power, indirect (potestas indirecta), 99
preacher, 11, 65, 75
prediction, 4, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21, 39, 42, 55, 58, 61, 67, 73, 80, 81, 82, 98, 104, 113, 124, 126, 129, 140, 146, 152–153, 155–161, 174, 182, 186, 193, 196, 198–201
Presbyterianism, 99–101, 105
proletariat, 120, 131–132, 135–136
prophecy, 1–2, 3, 12, 14, 15–16, 21, 24, 33, 39, 44, 61, 65, 72–73, 75, 77, 78, 81–82, 84, 92, 93–94, 95, 96, 103–105, 129, 130, 132, 137, 180. See also kingdom of God, prophetic
Protestant, 99, 100
racism, 30
Räikkä, Juha, 53
rapture, 11, 21, 191
Rawls, John, 9, 18, 45–46, 47, 145–147, 149, 153–154, 156, 162, 168–173, 184, 193, 199, 200, 202
realism, political, 10–11
Reformation, 36, 125, 131, 132
Radical, 121
religion, 12–17, 23, 31, 39, 61, 63, 80, 81, 82–85, 89, 96, 98, 102, 104, 107, 127–129, 136, 137, 139, 147, 165–166, 170, 171, 176, 179, 184
Revelation, book of, 4, 5, 7, 12, 14–16, 17, 28–30, 35, 39–43, 55, 69, 70–71, 73–74, 85, 94–95, 107, 112, 120, 125, 128–129, 138–139, 177–179, 189
revolution, 2, 24, 56, 71, 72, 94, 119, 132, 134–136, 182
risk, 9, 10, 13, 18, 27, 35, 37, 53, 56–58, 87, 90, 102, 147, 148, 157, 162, 176, 179, 183, 193
Robeyns, Ingrid, 47, 49
Romans, book of, 125
Rome, 24, 41–42, 73–75, 76, 78, 82, 100, 118, 129, 139, 186, 189
the Eternal City, 68–70
Romulus, 78, 83
Rossing, Barbara, 69
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 180
Russell, Bertrand, 161–162, 166
Russia, 135
Samuel, book of 2, 116
Savonarola, Girolamo, 3–4, 17, 61–67, 68, 70–86, 88–91
Schwarzschild, Steven, 187, 188
Scotland, 105. See also Covenanters, Scottish
secularization, 8, 13–14, 16, 23–27, 43–45, 120–121, 133, 136–138, 193
Sen, Amartya, 51–52, 150–151, 154, 162–163
September 11 attacks, 29, 37
Shklar, Judith, 13, 22–23, 25–27, 32, 36–37
Singer, Isaac Bashevis, 187
Skinner, Quentin, 92
slavery, 29, 66, 67, 150, 161, 172, 173, 182–183
socialism, 14, 17, 128–129, 139–141
utopian, 75
state of nature, 33–35, 54, 118
Taleb, Nassim, 160
Taliban, 29–30
Talmud, 186
Taylor, Charles, 168
teleology, 166, 171, 173
terrorism, 5, 22, 29–30, 31, 182
Tetlock, Philip, 159–160
Theseus, 66, 78, 83
Thucydides, 35
Tinder, Glenn, 39
Trump, Donald, 12
Tuck, Richard, 114
United States, 5, 12, 21, 30, 135, 180
Uriah, 116–117
utopia, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 16, 17, 25, 31, 39–40, 41, 43, 45, 46–47, 49, 55–56, 58, 63, 66, 72, 74–75, 86, 89, 93, 114–115, 118, 121, 123, 126, 137, 140–141, 148, 153, 179, 181, 185, 188–189, 192, 193, 195–196
realistic, 47, 145, 170, 172, 202. See also hope, utopian; ideal theory, utopian objection to; and socialism, utopian
Valentini, Laura, 53
value, surplus, 134–135
Vettori, Francesco, 84
violence, 2, 5–7, 10, 31, 34, 42, 45, 54, 58, 113, 116, 118, 122, 124–126, 135, 175–185, 189, 193
principle against utopian, 183–185
Virgil, 68, 70
Viroli, Maurizio, 67
Voegelin, Eric, 22, 23–24
war, 5, 13, 28, 31, 33, 34–35, 42, 43, 44, 84, 95–96, 113, 117, 131, 159, 188, 192
American Civil, 172, 183
English Civil, 3, 17, 33, 92, 96, 98, 100–103, 105, 115, 118
German Peasants’, 4, 120, 130
Iraq, 31
nuclear, 12, 22, 191
Second World, 162, 171–172
Weinstein, Donald, 64, 68, 70–71
Westminster Assembly, 100
Westminster Confession, 100
Wiens, David, 162–163
Wilkinson, Henry, 95
Williams, Roger, 180–181
Ypi, Lea, 46
Zevi, Sabbatai, 186–187
Zupan, Patricia, 65

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