Firebird: A Trilogy (Tyers, Kathy)

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These critically acclaimed novels deftly chronicle one courageous woman's spiritual and physical battles and the eternal consequences of her struggle--not only for herself and Brennan Caldwell, the man she loves, but also for the worlds she seeks to save. With her own people seeking her sacrifice, Lady Firebird finds herself swept toward an exciting but perilous destiny. Capturing the imaginations of readers of all genres, the complete story is now offered in this 3-in-1 volume. Fans of science fiction and fantasy from a Christian worldview and readers who simply love great storytelling will be thrilled by the thoughtful themes and intriguing plots of this compelling trilogy.

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Yes! All Three books in one and worth the effort to read........2007-06-29

This author treats you like you can actually think. By the time my family read this book (and that means several age groups are covered here), we all agreed that this trilogy is one of our favorites. We are sorry the adventure is over.

Not as good the second time around........2007-03-12

Tyers creates a lavish world in Firebird just as intensely creative as any of the worlds in Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica (2003-Present). She expertly constructs an elaborate political, military, and technological background for Firebird's world, with an interesting nod to religion.

Actually, the original version gave only a nod to religion. The current version involves Tyers using an apparently contrived effort to "write-in" a quasi-Christian faith into her work. While I respect the belief system of anyone, I felt that the work suffered from the constraints placed upon Tyers by her need to indoctrinate her faith through this novel.

I had read Firebird about a decade ago when I was in high school and was practically dizzied by the intense storyline, the well-developed characters, and the wonderfully dramatic plot. In the new version, however, some of the characters now have an internal dialogue with their religious being -- and the dialogue only seems to be there to demonstrate that the character is religious. These dialogues do not further the plot in any real sense; it often seems to be a little aside to remind the reader that this character is all about his faith. The plot is more often furthered by the secular machinations that were present in the original storyline.

I also am disappointed that Tyers' "Christianized" (it's not Christian, but that's the reason she rewrote it) rewrite seemed to restrict some of her willingness to be dark in her storyline. A scene in the original version of the novel has Firebird's sister using a dagger to force open Firebird's mouth in order to shove alcohol down her throat. The blade is completely absent in the rewrite and so is some of the trepidation that occurs in the plotline with that element.

Another sad loss of mine was the change of Firebird's home planet's name from Naetai to Netaia and the loss of the apostrophe in N'taian for Netaian. The original names were more raw and placed outside of our reality.

Nevertheless, Tyers retains much of her original concept with Firebird, and I would recommend the new version in spite of the edits. Yet, in all honesty, the original version was a far more authentic and believable fantasy -- I would honestly suggest hunting that copy down with all my heart.

This may be the best book I have ever read..........2006-09-25

And I read a lot. I love Sci-Fi and I have no problem with the religious overtones. In fact, though I would love to read the 1987 version, I have sometimes found characters in Sci Fi books 2 dimensional because the authors have avoided a belief system. I guess it's the science part that they don't want to contaminate with religious overtones. I have enjoyed them, but they are two dimensional when held against the Firebird trilogy. I cannot exactly express what chord these books struck in me--I have barely started reading Christian fiction though I have read Sci Fi for decades. But I do know that everyone of my friends that have read it have been just blown away. I do wish Ms. Tyers would continue with a sequel trilogy--certainly the ground work is there.

Great Books!.......2006-06-21

These books are really great, and are even better all together, versus each one seperately, because they all complete each other. I highly recommend these books to any avid Christian reader; they're some of my favorites!

excellent.......2006-05-30

as a sci-fi movie fan, this was my first dabble into christian sci-fi fiction and i must say, i wasn't disappointed. the trilogy was riveting, hard to put down, a good, solid, rewarding read

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Excellent Conclusion of the Firebird Trilogy
Wish there was more!!!
Too bad I can't read it!
I'd rate it six stars if I could
Wow

Crown of Fire (Firebird Trilogy, 3)
Kathy Tyers
Manufacturer: Bethany House Pub
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ASIN: 0764222163

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Chronicling the life of one extraordinary woman and the worlds she sought to save, the series has captured readers of all genres and now prepares for a cataclysmic finale with the last book in the trilogy.

In Crown of Fire, Lady Firebird Angelo Caldwell has been sentenced to death "in absentia" for treason, sedition, and heresy. The last thing she expects is a summons to return home and be confirmed as an heiress of her royal house. But merciless foes are destroying entire cities of the Federate worlds. These renegades are trying to wipe out the messianic Caldwell bloodline, and they have almost eradicated the royal Angelos. To help trap an assassin, Firebird agrees to wear the heiress's tiara for one day of perilous pageantry.

Still, Firebird's deadliest enemy—the one that can destroy or bereave her—isn't that renegade assassin. Neither is it the despotic regent who hopes to seize the Angelos' throne, nor even the threat of dying in a desperate military strike at the renegades' world.

Unless she can bring her own pride to heel, everything she cherishes will be lost.

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Excellent Conclusion of the Firebird Trilogy .......2007-01-07

In this conclusion to the Firebird trilogy Lady Firebird, the protagonist, returns to her home world of Netaia to be confirmed as a heiress to the throne and to lure a Shuhr (enemy) agent into the open. However, pride tempts Firebird as she ponders how much good she could do as queen. This book wraps up most of the elements begun in the earlier books but left enough for me to want the trilogy to become a series.

The spiritual elements of this trilogy have been criticized because the first book in the series was originally written as a secular novel. I find it hard to understand why someone would criticize Kathy Tyers for writing about her faith. Christian art, in all forms, is meant to either to glorify God or present ideas about the faith. In all three books of this series, this is done rather subtly. You could remove every mention of faith and religion and all of the stories would still work. But, within the stories faith, the lack of it, or the search for it, adds another facet to various characters motivation and complexity.

None of the books in this trilogy, Firebird Fusion Fire and Crown of Fire are hard science fiction. They are stories of war, faith and romance in a science fiction setting and within that context, they are all superior stories told by a talented writer. I recommend them all.

Kyle Pratt

Wish there was more!!!.......2005-05-30

I started reading this trilogy less then a week ago... now that I am on the last book, I find myself not wanting to read it... not because its not good, cause trust me IT IS EXCELLENT!!! I dont want it to end. A couple parts of the trilogy I have to tag, just so I can reread those parts. I wish that this was a series!!! Or that there were more Christian/ romance/ fiction/ adventure books like this.

Too bad I can't read it!.......2003-01-07

I know that I would rate this book at 5 stars since I loved the first two in this series. And after reading the other reviews I really would like to read this one! I picked the first two up at a Christian book outlet for next to nothing. I read them in no time at all and was ready for the third one. Much to my dismay, it is the only one out of print!! Is this some kind of publisher's ploy to make the last one in the series a rare and expensive book to buy? I have only found it at prices as high as $$ which I can't get myself to spend since the first two are still being sold at lower prices, I am so dissapointed that I can't finish the series, but will keep checking for them to print it again or for more people to decide to let their copies go. Any one want to sell theirs for $$ or less since they sell originally for $$, I can't see paying more for it. Thank you Kathy and Bethany House I think it is, for such a great series. Please, reprint the last one to go with the first two!

I'd rate it six stars if I could.......2002-06-21

The only thing bad about this book was that it's the last in the Firebird series, and I want more, but everything else I just loved. It has all the same good qualities as Firebird and Fusion Fire. I don't know if I can pick a favorite out of this series, but if I could, it might be this one. Near the end, when poor Firebird was so sure Brennan was dead, I nearly cried (something I usually don't do while reading). I'd recommend this book to anyone.

Wow.......2002-03-08

When I first received my copy of this book, I let it sit for a few days. I was aware that it was the final volume of the Firebird trilogy, and I wanted to savor it for awhile. Then I began to take peeks at the book, and before I realized it I had read the entire thing. All I can say is, "Wow!"

This was definitely one of the best books I've read in a long time. I love the characters of both Firebird and Brennen. They are utterly human, with human strengths and failings. I don't like books with one-dimensional characters who can do either no right or no wrong. Firebird and Brennen make their share of mistakes, but ultimately become stronger for them.

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A NEW LIFE FOR LADY FIREBIRD

Lady Firebird didnt fully understand her former enemy, the Sentinel Brennen Caldwell. That might take a lifetime. But she knew enough, loved enough, to embrace his mysteries--and his certainty--and to step out on the frightening path of pair bonding.

Exiled from her royal heritage, she had escaped the terrible fate of her birth as an expendable wastling. She fought heroically to save her adopted world from destruction. Bonded to Brennen, though, she finds herself the unexpected bearer of an ancient messianic prophecy.

While her royal family seeks to seal her doom, Firebird and Brennan face two implacable enemies--one from his past...and one from deep in her soul.

A Compelling Story of Honor and Adventure, Chronicling the Life of an Extraordinary Woman and Her Heroic Fight to Save a World in Peril.

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Excellent Sequel to Firebird .......2006-12-17

Rejected by her home world of Netaia, Lady Firebird now lives in the Federacy, with pair bond (husband), Master Sentinel Brennan Caldwell. Back on Netaia, her sister Princess Phoena, plots Firebird's murder and the restoration of Netaian aristocratic rule. Seeking to exploit the current tense situation are the Shuhr, enemies of the Caldwell family and their faith.

All three books in this series have been criticized for their Christian content because the first book was originally written as a secular novel. I find it hard to understand why someone would criticize Kathy Tyers for writing about her faith. Christian art, in all forms, is meant to either to glorify God or present ideas about the faith. In all three books of this series, this is done rather subtly. You could remove every mention of faith and religion and the story would still work.

Firebird, Fusion Fire and the third in the trilogy, Crown of Fire are not hard science fiction. These are stories of war, romance and yes, faith in a science fiction setting. The spiritual elements are merely a plus for believers. I recommend Fusion Fire.

Kyle Pratt

A very good read, but needs to be taken in parts.......2003-12-06

I must say I was very excited to read Fusion Fire after having read the 1988 version of Firebird. I was aware that Firebird was redone and that its sequals were writen to follow the new format aswell, but I was unprepared for the differences in the book. I had been warned that Tyres preaches, and that this book is better left to those who wish to read such, but as one who respects but does not choose to folow that doctrine, I found that at times I felt alienated or better yet, uncomfortable. Getting past that, the book is a good science fiction read that presents moral dilemas and philosophical problems that can, if you don't technically follow the christian doctrine, make one ponder human nature and cultural formation. The reason I say this book should be taken in parts is that the characters are placed in terrible emotional situations that either don't end till a disappointing few pages before the end, or do end only to begin another, even worse dilema, ten pages away.

Girl power sci-fi.......2002-08-14

Firebird and Fusion Fire are very well-written. They appealed deeply to me as a woman, and that's something you don't often get in sci-fi. It was fast-paced, exotic, and chilling. Written with a strong evangelistic sense, but not in a preachy manner, it is entertaining, but thought-provoking as well. I highly recommend it.

Double Take.......2000-08-11

I read the orignal Firebird, a nice space opera-ish romantic tale with detailed and fulfilling characters and a well constituted plot. I read the "new" version, and while I didn't like it as much as the original, I found enough of the familiar elements that endeared me to the original book to be reasonably satisfied. This sequel tho - wow. Its a different story with different motivations behind it. I kept looking at the cover to make sure I was reading the right book. All of a sudden the continuity that had made the original so wonderful had been ripped apart by a series of improbable plot twists and characters that acted, well, out of character. Read the original. Read the new one if you are looking for psedo christian literature, but the new one, whew.... don't recommend it.

UPDATE: I finally found the original Firebird at the used book store a couple months ago -- wow. Every bit as good as I remembered. This is one that's worth hunting down. Just make sure it's the "normal" sized paper back you're picking up, not the slightly larger, although thinner, "updated" version!

Simpy Fantastic!.......2000-08-01

Firebird and Fusion Fire by Kathy Tyers are the two best science fiction novels I have ever read. I love them both so much that I'm reading them for the 2nd time in 6 months. I am never bored when I read these books and contrary to a few reviews that some people gave, I LOVE THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF THE NOVELS! Before I am a science fiction fan, I am a born again Christian. Its about time that quality Christian science fiction be written. I thank God for Kathy Tyers and her writing. Her books have been and continue to be an inspiration for me. I can't wait until the next one!

The Firebird's Vengeance Book 3 of the Isavalta Trilogy.

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The Firebird's Vengeance Book 3 of the Isavalta Trilogy.
Sarah Zettel
Manufacturer: Voyager
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ASIN: B000NQFN8K

The Firebird's Vengeance (Isavalta Trilogy)

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Much improved compared to the first two
Brilliant conclusion to excellent trilogy
beautiful fantasy

The Firebird's Vengeance (Isavalta Trilogy)
Sarah Zettel
Manufacturer: Voyager
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Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 0007114060

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agic and the force of destiny propelled Bridget Lederle across the void between worlds, through the Land of Death and Spirit, to the world of Isavalta, where she discovered secrets about herself and her family which had been hidden since before her birth. It seems like only yesterday that a charismatic stranger swept her from her home on the shore of Lake Superior and took her on an impossible journey to a strange, bejeweled world where sorcery could spring from the simplest of patterns, with most serious effects. In Isavalta Bridget also discovered magical powers she had never suspected she possessed. More than self-knowledge has changed her: she is in love with Sakra, a powerful sorcerer and her staunch ally. And she learns that her daughter, whom she thought was lost to her, is alive. But that daughter is also the pawn in a dangerous game of power and politics. The powerful spells of a ruler intent on conquest threaten to destroy both women. Torn between the contending forces of magic and empire, Bridget must rely on the aid of supernatural forces she can't control, lest she be destroyed by a fate she cannot imagine.

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Much improved compared to the first two.......2007-03-14

"The Firebird's Vengeance" is the third novel in Zettel's Isavalta trilogy, but picks up shortly after the events in "A Sorcerer's Treason" (since "The Usurper's Crown" was more of a prequel). Bridget has returned to Isvalta to build a life there, but that is quickly thrown into turmoil once more when she learns that the Firebird has vowed revenge against Isavalta and Hung-Tse, and that the daughter she thought was long dead may still be alive.

The daughter, Anna, is in fact still alive, and the story follows her travels through a good portion of the book. She is accompanied by her guard, Mae Shan, who I thought was one of the best characters that Zettel has created in this series. She makes a far better heroine than Bridget or Ingrid, and I was mostly interested in her story, and her interaction with Anna and the others. Mae Shan is intelligent, strong, quick-witted, resourceful, and compassionate, but still maintains a vulnerability that makes her easy to sympathize with. Anna as well is very likeable, and despite her power, a believable child.

Other storylines involve Bridget and Sakra as they simultaneously search for Anna and try to discover a way to stop the Firebird; Mikkel and Ananda as they deal with the unrest in their kingdom; Grace as she finally faces what's happening to her family; and of course, the spirit powers who are still vaguely defined and yet controlling many of the outcomes in the novel.

Once again, some of the issues I had with the previous novel are still there. The spirit powers, for one, who actively influence events but never reveal their reasonings are still annoying. It simply results in their use as plot devices, to present problems or offer tidy solutions without any real explanation. The use of magic is also still very erratic.

But other than that, the story itself is actually very engrossing. The depth of characterization has improved, as has the writing style, which flows more easily now. I'd say this was a lot better than the prior novels, and was a very satisfying read.

Brilliant conclusion to excellent trilogy.......2004-10-04

Brigets story resumes with the revelation that Briget's daughter Anna is alive - knowing this she will allow nothing to hinder her search for her daughter.

The landscape is in ruins as the Firebird is released and wreaks vengenance on those who have allowed it's captivity for so long, and both Isavalta and the Seven Kingdoms.

In a devestating world of fire, flame and demons, Anna must find the strength to free herself from her captivity as her father Valin Kalami seeks to control her even beyond the grave.

The spirit world have a vested interest in events, and interfere sometimes benevolently and occasionally malign.

Preponderance of wonderful characters throughout and my favorite is Anna's bodyguard, a dedicated and honour bound young (female) soldier ... the romance between Briget and Sorcha, only hinted at in the first book, is an enjoyable plus.

It is interesting that the characters motives are so very justified, from Medeoan to Kasha to the sorceror who is Anna's father - a little bit like the misguided attempts of some revolutionists or freedom fighters who cause so much tragedy in our world. The author does an excellent job of making even the villians sypmathetic.

Brilliant - I was devestated when I finished.
Kotori - ojadis@yahoo.com

beautiful fantasy .......2004-08-03

The Nine Elders of Hung-Tse called their guardian the Firebird to help them when their enemy Isavalta threatened to invade their kingdom. The Empress Medeoan using powerful magic managed to cage the Firebird for thirty years but upon her death the spell broke freeing the Firebird. The angry guardian vowed vengeance on both kingdoms. He flew to Hung-Tse and killed the nine elders, plunging the country into anarchy; in Isavalta, he took away the fire.

Bridget Lederle, who once lived in Boyfield, Wisconsin crossed over through a magical portal to live in Isavalta where she is a powerful sorceress and part of the Emperor's court. The daughter she thought had died is very much alive and Bridget is determined to find her not realizing that both of them are pawns in a scheme to free a nation from Isavalta's rule.

THE FIREBIRD'S VENGEANCE is a beautiful fantasy starring a beautiful sorceress, a handsome mage and an evil wizard who threatens to destroy them all including his own daughter. Readers will empathize with Bridget who searches two worlds to find her daughter. Fans will adore nonagenarian Anna who has the wisdom and goodness that few mortals possess. Sarah Zettel is an outstanding author whose latest work will appeal to fans of Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton.

Harriet Klausner

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Millions of Americans take the Bible at its word and turn to like-minded local ministers and TV preachers, periodicals and paperbacks for help in finding their place in God's prophetic plan for mankind. And yet, influential as this phenomenon is in the worldview of so many, the belief in biblical prophecy remains a popular mystery, largely unstudied and little understood. When Time Shall Be No More offers for the first time an in-depth look at the subtle, pervasive ways in which prophecy belief shapes contemporary American thought and culture.

Belief in prophecy dates back to antiquity, and there Paul Boyer begins, seeking out the origins of this particular brand of faith in early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic writings, then tracing its development over time. Against this broad historical overview, the effect of prophecy belief on the events and themes of recent decades emerges in clear and striking detail. Nuclear war, the Soviet Union, Israel and the Middle East, the destiny of the United States, the rise of a computerized global economic order--Boyer shows how impressive feats of exegesis have incorporated all of these in the popular imagination in terms of the Bible's apocalyptic works. Reflecting finally on the tenacity of prophecy belief in our supposedly secular age, Boyer considers the direction such popular conviction might take--and the forms it might assume--in the post-Cold War era.

The product of a four-year immersion in the literature and culture of prophecy belief, When Time Shall Be No More serves as a pathbreaking guide to this vast terra incognita of contemporary American popular thought-a thorough and thoroughly fascinating index to its sources, its implications, and its enduring appeal.

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Fair and comprehensive study.......2006-01-01

My own reading and review of this volume is from the vantage of one who basically identifies with the premillennial, dispensational Biblical viewpoint of prophecy of which Boyer writes.
I was surprised that such a study published by Harvard University Press would be so fair minded and objective in presenting the historical analysis of Christian prophecy beliefs and personages. Paul Boyer alludes to his heritage in a ministerial family where such views of prophecy were familiar.
This comprehensive study reaches back to the early Christian church, though the bulk of it is devoted to the renaissance since the early 19th century of pre-tribulational (that Christ
will come and rapture His true church or believers out of the world before the seven years of great tribulation when anti-Christ is in power) and subsequently the premillennial view
(that Christ and His saints will rule a thousand years on the earth before the ushering in of a new earth and new heaven).
The most pointed of Boyer's criticisms of these prophecy beliefs and their teachers is the tendency of some advocates to make fanciful applications of Biblical prophecy to current events and then re-adapting their interpretations when such applications prove null and void as to particular expectations. I believe that some of these criticisms are valid, especially the exposure of the second coming of Christ "date setters," a practice which
Christ Himself warned against in the New Testament.
It might be said in closing that only a portion of professing Christianity, or even of Evangelical Christianity, takes the general views of prophecy that Boyer's study covers.
It is my personal view that a premillennial interpretation of Biblical prophecy is the most consistent with a common sense interpretation of Scripture. But beware of dogmatism or
sensationalism in making applications.

Thorough Review of America's Infatuation with Prophecy.......2001-10-14

Boyer presents a comprehensive look at the development and continuing influence of end times prophecy, especially what has become dominant in American Christianity, premillenialism.

I think for premilleniaslism's attractiveness to American, it presents an over-arching scheme to world history, especially America's part in the great scheme of things.

With the downfall of utopian post-millenialism (see Tuveson's excellent work, "Redeemer Nation," Boyer shows historically how this system of Biblical interpretation has become increasingly popular among us.

He at points, e.g. pg. 310, suggests that premillenialism of our day is not intellectually valid, especially in its exegetical competence. I believe this unfair, given the caliber of individuals who study and believe in this eschatology, e.g. Ryrie, Chafer, etc. Although I personally do not buy into their eschatology nor hermeneutics, I cannot concur with Boyer by suggesting that only simple minded will buy into it.

Without this critique, this work would have been a five. It is a valuable, well-documented source for end times history and currents within popular American culture.

Chronicle of end-times preoccupation.......2001-09-04

Anyone who reads this book would not be surprised at the runaway success of the "Left Behind" series, since it demonstrates that a preoccupation with Bible prophecy affects a much wider demographic than the fundamentalist subculture. Indeed, the impact of premillenial thought has extended all the way up to the Reagan White House. And, Christian or not, who hasn't heard of the term "Antichrist" or the significance of the number "666"? This book presents a fairly comprehensive survey of popular eschatology, including the role of Israel, Russia, the Arab countries, Europe, and the United States. It also shows how those beliefs have changed over the years (Turkey was considered Gog and Magog before Russia was, and the Pope was designated as the Antichrist for years before Hitler and Henry Kissinger came along). The final chapter, written at the brink of the collapse of the Soviet Union, demonstrates how, once again, premillenial thought adjusts itself (or sometimes not) depending upon world conditions. This is a fair, even-handed treatment of a religious and cultural phenomenon.

A Source Book for End Times Belief.......2001-07-06

Boyer's treatment of dispensationalism in its modern American populist form is encyclopedic and exceptionally fair-minded. His summary includes discussions of the thought (?) of every major player in the end times publishing field. Lindsay, LaHaye, van Impe -- they are all here and all represented quite fairly.

Boyer is not merely encyclopedic and thorough, but is also quite attuned to the subtleties of American prophecy belief. He discusses at length, for instance, the irony of how modern end times beliefs and left wing politics have generated very similar critiques of globalization and economic corporate homogenization.

One thing I did find missing here was a thorough analysis of the arguments that the end times writers use to defend their positions. I had hoped for some discussion on how they argue their positions and how scholars from other Christian traditions have interacted with those arguments. But such discussion was not Boyer's intent. Instead, he has given us more of a "source book" of modern end times beliefs. But, since this is probably the first serious scholarly foray of considerable length in this field, I guess I can't fault Boyer for not writing everything possible on the subject.

A good chunk of the book is devoted to presenting a history of prophecy belief -- from the days of the early church up to the present. This part of the book was actually secondary from Boyer's point of view but, if you're already familiar with modern end times beliefs as I (admittedly) am, you will probably find this the most educational part of the book.

In short, this book is not the place to go for an analysis of the strengths of end times thought (such as it is). But if you want to know how modern end times beliefs developed historically, or if you want an explanation of what it is all about from someone familiar with the end times subculture (but not a part of it) this book is the place to start.

Finally - a voice of sanity!.......2000-05-22

The cover of Boyer's book contains a powerful scene. A group of well-dressed people are standing in a field, gazing up at a dark and brooding, but otherwise completely empty sky. As a former fundamentalist Christian, this scene is particularly emotive, as I well understand the sense of hope mingled with foreboding that the premillenial worldview brings.

It is probably difficult for an outsider to understand how this peculiar view of the world can colour a person's entire life. I was constantly aware that at any moment I could be raptured out of the world. I scoured the headlines for a clue as to the identity of the Antichrist, and the latest movements of Gog and Magog. I was convinced that all signs pointed to the end of the world within my lifetime.

Boyer's book is an excellent overview of this type of thinking. Such puzzling terms as the Rapture, Armageddon, the Beast, 666, and the One-World Government are examined in detail. What is particularly good about this book is that it is never judgemental or pedantic. Boyer never explicitly discusses why the fundamentalist, premillenial view of the world is wrong. Instead, he shows in detail how the belief arose in the early second century, and evolved through the ages. Through each step, Boyer shows how ardent Bible students firmly believed that they were living in the last times, and how each interpreted the apocalyptic books of the Bible to fit their own situations. Such an historical overview is a far more eloquent argument against premillenialism than any exegesis of the scriptures could be.

I found this a very fascinating book. It is indispensable for the recovering fundamentalist, if only to put their beliefs into an historical context, and so make some sense of them.

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When Time Shall be No More Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture
Boyer PAUL
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