The end of time : faith and fear in the shadow of the millennium /

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Author / Creator:Thompson, Damian, 1962-
Imprint:London : Sinclair-Stevenson, 1996.
Description:xiv, 365 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13234019
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ISBN:1856197956
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:"Damian Thompson examines the roots of apocalyptic belief and its often unrecognised role in the development of modern society. He looks at the phenomenon of millenarianism - a belief in the end of the world that can lead to horrifying extremes of behaviour - and seeks to answer a number of important 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 channelled by New Age mediums point to the end of this millennium as a time of astonishing 'earth changes'?"--Jacket.

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