The end of time
Subtitle: faith and fear in the shadow of the millennium
By: Damian Thompson.
Edition: University Press of New England ed.
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Hanover, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: Millennialism -- History of doctrines -- 20th century
Description: Damian Thompson examines the roots of millennial beliefs and its often unrecognized role in the development of modern society. He seeks to answer a number of surprising question, such as: Why to 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 channeled by New Age mediums point to the end of this millennium as a time of astonishing "earth changes"?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-[354]) and index.
"Originally published in 1996 by Sinclair-Stevenson, London"--T.p. verso.