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A Brief History of the End of the World: Apocalyptic Beliefs from Revelation to UFO Cults (A Brief History of)
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by Simon Pearson
Sales Rank: 1207673
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Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
Published by: Running Press August 22, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0786718250
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0786718252
Book Dimensions:
7.6 x 4.7 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 7.8 ounces
Product Description
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 looks at 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.
About The Author
Simon Pearson's first-class Oxford degree led to an M Litt on DH Lawrence and the Apocalypse. He is now the head of English at a tutorial college in London.
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