A Doomsday Reader : Prophets, Predictors, and Hucksters of Salvation.
The approach of the year 2000 has made the study of apocalyptic movements trendy. But groups anticipating the end of the world will continue to predict Armageddon even after the calendar clicks to triple 0s. A Doomsday Reader brings together pronouncements, edicts, and scriptures written by prominen...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A Doomsday Reader; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Millennialism in World Religions; Part I: Enlightenment and Secular Millenarianism; Chapter 2: Marxism; Chapter 3: Nazism; Chapter 4: Environmentalism, Politics, and Progress; Part II: Millennial Evil; Chapter 5: A Royalist Apocalypse; Chapter 6: Myths of Power; Chapter 7: The New World Order; Part III: Well-Known Contemporary Movements; Chapter 8: The Branch Davidians; Chapter 9: The Order of the Solar Temple; Chapter 10: Aum Shinri Kyo and the Politics of Terror; Chapter 11: The Montana Freemen.
- Chapter 12: Comet Hale-Bopp, Planet Nibiru, the Mass Landing, and Heaven's GateThe End; Works Cited; Index; About the Author.