James The Apocalypse H. Moorhead, Journal of American History
(Dec. 19841. Ballantine Hall. Indiana Uni-
versity, ~lkomin~ton, Ind. 47405.
Amid the numerous religious revivals of the early 19th century, Amer- ica's Protestants turned toward a new "postmillennial" theology.
Many earlier Protestants had held that the Apocalypse and Second Coming would be followed the millennium, a 1,000-year-long earthly paradise. The postmillennialists reversed the order: The millen- nium would precede...