The End of Time: Faith and Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium - Hardcover

The End of Time: Faith and Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium.

Zustand: Gut. XIV, 373 Seiten / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - altersgemäß sehr guter Zustand / very good condition for age - As the year 2000 approaches, the world is witnessing a disturbing resurgence of apocalyptic belief. In Latin America and the Far East, millions of people are converting every year to a fundamentalist Protestantism which teaches that the Second Coming is at hand. Across the globe, apparitions of the Virgin Mary prophesy the collapse of evil and triumph of the Papacy before the dawn of the millennium. Waco, Heavens Gate, and the Tokyo Aum Shin-rikyo sect may be the leading edge of hundreds of extreme apocalyptic cults. Meanwhile, the secular world is increasingly fascinated by reports of UFOs, angelic visitors, and the mysteries of the Mayan Calendar apparently unrelated phenomena which on closer examination point to the imminent dawn of a new world. -- Damian Thompson examines the roots of millennial belief and its often unrecognized role in the development of modern society. He seeks to answer a number of surprising questions, such as: Why do calendar changes have such a profound effect upon the human psyche? Why does the Catholic church attach such mystical significance to the year 2000? And why do the disembodied spirits channeled by New Age mediums point to the end of this millennium as a time of astonishing earth changes? -- A ground-breaking bookone that redefines our concepts of time and faithThe End of Time is a highly accomplished work by a major new writer. ISBN 9780874518498 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 765 15,9 x 3,2 x 24,1 cm, Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. 1178542

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