A Brief History of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Beliefs from Revelation to UFO Cults
A Brief History of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Beliefs from Revelation to UFO Cults (A Brief History of) Simon Pearson,
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
ISBN: 0786718250
DDC: 1.9
Edition: Paperback; 2006-08-02
Summary:
Most people's concept of the 'end of the world' comes from the book
of Revelation. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian
fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the
'Rapture;' others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS
pandemic, nuclear and biological warfare. With the benefit of a vast
historical canvas, Pearson examines both apocalyptic theory (biblical
literature, art, and popular culture) and practice (politics, cults,
war, and revolution), from its Biblical beginnings to the Branch
Davidians, via the Vikings, the French Revolution, the Pilgrim
Fathers, Hitler's Apocalyptic rhetoric, asteroids, Hollywood and
suicide bombers. Pearson's illuminating study shows how our pictures
of the end of the world have evoked and converged—and are still very
much on the agenda.
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