{"product_id":"children-of-ezekiel-aliens-ufos-the-crisis-of-race-and-the-advent-of-end-time-paperback","title":"Children of Ezekiel: Aliens, Ufos, the Crisis of Race, and the Advent of End Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Lieb\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, Ronald Reagan's \"Star Wars\" missile defense program, our culture's fascination with UFOs and alien abductions, and Louis Farrakhan's views on racial Armageddon somehow linked? In \u003ci\u003eChildren of Ezekiel\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Lieb reveals the connections between these phenomena and the way culture has persistently related the divine to the technological. In a work of special interest at the approach of the millennium, Lieb traces these and other diverse cultural moments--all descended from the prophet Ezekiel's vision of a fiery divine chariot in the sky--from antiquity to the present, across high and low culture, to reveal the pervasive impact of this visionary experience on the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\tBeginning with the merkabah chariot literature of Hebrew and Gnostic mysticism, Lieb shows how religiously inspired people concerned with annihilating their heretical enemies seized on Ezekiel's vision as revealing the technologically superior instrument of God's righteous anger. He describes how many who seek to know the unknowable that is the power of God conceive it in technological terms--and how that power is associated with political aims and a heralding of the end of time. For Milton, Ezekiel's chariot becomes the vehicle in which the Son of God does battle with the rebellious angels. In the modern age, it may take the form of a locomotive, tank, airplane, missile, or UFO. Technology itself is seen as a divine gift and an embodiment of God in the temporal world. As Lieb demonstrates, the impetus to produce modern technology arises not merely from the desire for profit or military might but also from religious-spiritual motives.\u003cbr\u003e\tIncluding discussions of conservative evangelical Christian movements, Reagan's ballistic shooting gallery in the sky, and the Nation of Islam's vision of the \"mother plane\" as the vehicle of retribution in the war against racial oppression, \u003ci\u003eChildren of Ezekiel\u003c\/i\u003e will enthrall readers who have been captivated, either through religious belief or intellectual interests, by a common thread uniting millennial religious beliefs, racial conflict, and political and militaristic aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to contributing a great deal to our understanding of the presence of Biblical themes in the modern world, Michael Lieb's book offers a highly sophisticated way of understanding elements of the contemporary UFO phenomenon. Highly recommended for readers from many different disciplines.--Michael Zimmerman, author o\"f Contesting Earth's Future: Radical Ecology and Postmodernity\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Lieb is Research Professor of Humanities and Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eMilton and the Culture of Violence\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Visionary Mode: Biblical Prophecy, Hermeneutics, and Cultural Change\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.24 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820688945400,"sku":"9780822322689","price":41.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/MUxDem5jbjVqV1Y3SXZnNzM3YWE1dz09.webp?v=1780634863","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/children-of-ezekiel-aliens-ufos-the-crisis-of-race-and-the-advent-of-end-time-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}