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Dreams of glory : the sources of apocalyptic terror /

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity are engaged not in a 'clash of civilizations' but in a sectarian conflict among branches of a single civilization traditionally steeped in apocalyptic imagery and beliefs. Apocalypticism is a religious luxury that modern civilizations can no longer afford....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fenn, Richard K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : contemporary Christian Mullahs and their apocalypticism
  • The apocalyptic vision as bad seed
  • Radical preachers and Mullahs
  • Terror and the apocalyptic imagination
  • Apocalyptic visions as reaction to disaster
  • The apocalyptic attack on the self
  • Apocalyptic visions as ideology
  • The test of time
  • The theater and the courtroom
  • Free association.