author

J. G. Broughton Pegg

Best known for a compact but striking 19th-century religious work, this writer challenged literal end-of-the-world readings and argued for a more spiritual interpretation of Scripture. The result is a thoughtful, debate-ready book that still feels distinctive today.

1 Audiobook

The New Eschatology Showing the Indestructibility of the Earth and the Wide Difference Between the Letter and Spirit of Holy Scripture.

The New Eschatology Showing the Indestructibility of the Earth and the Wide Difference Between the Letter and Spirit of Holy Scripture.

by J. G. Broughton Pegg

About the author

J. G. Broughton Pegg is the author of The New Eschatology, a short religious and philosophical work first published in Philadelphia by J. B. Lippincott & Co. in 1872. Public catalog and digitized editions confirm that this is the main work currently associated with the name.

In that book, Pegg argues against the idea that biblical prophecies describe the physical destruction of the world. Instead, he reads them as referring to the inner life of faith and the spiritual condition of the church. The text itself also notes that, although Emanuel Swedenborg is not named directly, the book approaches its subject from a Swedenborgian point of view.

Very little reliable biographical information about Pegg appears to be readily available in major public sources beyond this publication record. Because of that, it is safest to remember Pegg primarily through this single surviving work and its clear, confident attempt to rethink Christian eschatology.