Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations : universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience / / Gregory Shushan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Collana | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Future life
Near-death experiences Universalism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4725-4894-9
1-282-18939-5 9786612189395 1-4411-8812-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword by Gavin Flood -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations of Primary Sources -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory and Methodology in Concept and Application. 1. Comparison, Universalism, and the Rehabilitation of the Comparative 'Similar' ; 2. Early Civilizations, Contact, Diffusion, and Cultural Continuity ; 3. Near-Death Experience -- Part II: Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations. 4. Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt ; 5. Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia ; 6. Vedic India ; 7. Pre-Buddhist China ; 8. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica -- Part III: Universalism and Culture-Specificity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 9. Analysis of Similarities and Differences ; 10. The Interface of Conception and Experience ; 11. Alternative and Supplementary Theories ; 12. Conclusions: Theoretical Eclecticism and A New Comparative Framework -- References -- Index. |
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London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 | ||
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Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations : universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience / / Gregory Shushan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Collana | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Future life
Universalism Near-death experiences |
ISBN |
1-4725-4894-9
1-282-18939-5 9786612189395 1-4411-8812-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword by Gavin Flood -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations of Primary Sources -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory and Methodology in Concept and Application. 1. Comparison, Universalism, and the Rehabilitation of the Comparative 'Similar' ; 2. Early Civilizations, Contact, Diffusion, and Cultural Continuity ; 3. Near-Death Experience -- Part II: Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations. 4. Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt ; 5. Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia ; 6. Vedic India ; 7. Pre-Buddhist China ; 8. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica -- Part III: Universalism and Culture-Specificity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 9. Analysis of Similarities and Differences ; 10. The Interface of Conception and Experience ; 11. Alternative and Supplementary Theories ; 12. Conclusions: Theoretical Eclecticism and A New Comparative Framework -- References -- Index. |
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Conceptions of the afterlife in early civilizations : universalism, constructivism, and near-death experience / / Gregory Shushan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Collana | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Future life
Universalism Near-death experiences |
ISBN |
1-4725-4894-9
1-282-18939-5 9786612189395 1-4411-8812-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword by Gavin Flood -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations of Primary Sources -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory and Methodology in Concept and Application. 1. Comparison, Universalism, and the Rehabilitation of the Comparative 'Similar' ; 2. Early Civilizations, Contact, Diffusion, and Cultural Continuity ; 3. Near-Death Experience -- Part II: Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations. 4. Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt ; 5. Sumerian and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia ; 6. Vedic India ; 7. Pre-Buddhist China ; 8. Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica -- Part III: Universalism and Culture-Specificity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. 9. Analysis of Similarities and Differences ; 10. The Interface of Conception and Experience ; 11. Alternative and Supplementary Theories ; 12. Conclusions: Theoretical Eclecticism and A New Comparative Framework -- References -- Index. |
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Death gods [[electronic resource] ] : an encyclopedia of the rulers, evil spirits, and geographies of the dead / / Ernest L. Abel |
Autore | Abel Ernest L. <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico | Hell |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-29485-7
9786612294853 0-313-35713-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456803003321 |
Abel Ernest L. <1943-> | ||
Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2009 | ||
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Death gods [[electronic resource] ] : an encyclopedia of the rulers, evil spirits, and geographies of the dead / / Ernest L. Abel |
Autore | Abel Ernest L. <1943-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport : , : Greenwood, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico | Hell |
ISBN |
979-84-00-63828-2
1-282-29485-7 9786612294853 0-313-35713-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780649303321 |
Abel Ernest L. <1943-> | ||
Westport : , : Greenwood, , 2009 | ||
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Death gods : an encyclopedia of the rulers, evil spirits, and geographies of the dead / / Ernest L. Abel |
Autore | Abel Ernest L. <1943-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport : , : Greenwood, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico | Hell |
ISBN |
979-84-00-63828-2
1-282-29485-7 9786612294853 0-313-35713-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- CONTENTS -- ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ENTRIES -- GUIDE TO RELATED TOPICS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ENCYCLOPEDIA -- A -- A -- Aai -- Aakheru -- Aalu -- Aapep -- Aaru (aka Aalu, Laru, Yaaru) -- Aati -- Aat-Shefsheft (aka Paut) -- Aau -- Ab -- Abaasy -- Abaddon (aka Abadon, Abbadon, Apollion, Apollyon, Appolyon, Obaddon, Sheol, She'ol) -- Abadon -- Abbadon -- Abbaton -- Abere -- Ab-esh-imy-duat (aka Ab-sha-amtuat, Aken, Cherti, Khenti-Amenti, Kherty) -- Abeth -- Abokas -- Ab-she -- Ab-ta -- Abtu (aka Abydos) -- Abuhene -- Abydos -- Abyss -- Acheron (aka Acherusian Lake) -- Acherusian Lake -- Achren -- Acolnahuacatl -- Adiri -- Adliparmiut -- Adlivun -- Adriel -- Aeacus (aka Aiakos) -- Aeneid -- Aericura -- Aetna, Mt -- Af (aka Angel of Death, Angels of Destruction, Azriel, Harbonah, Hemah, Kemuel, Kolazonta, Simkiel, Za'afiel) -- Afterlife -- Afterworld (aka Netherworld, Otherworld, Underworld) -- Afu -- Agaman nibo -- Agares (aka Agreas) -- Agreas -- Ahalgana -- Ahalmez -- Ahaltocob -- Aharman -- Ahemait -- Ah Puch (aka Ah Puchah, Au Puch, Cum Hau, Eopuco, God A, Hun Ahau, Tzontemoc, Yum Cimil) -- Ahriman (aka Aharman, Drauga) -- Aiakos -- Aiaru -- Aides -- Aidoneus -- Aigamuxa (aka Aigamuchias) -- Aipaloovik -- Aita -- Aitat-iaitt -- Akaanga -- Akaranga -- Aken (aka Ab-esh-imy-duat, Cherti, Khenti-amenti, Kherty) -- Akentaukhakheru -- Akenti -- Aker (aka Akar, Akeru, Akerui) -- Akert -- Akh -- Akha-en-maat -- Akhanarit -- Akhekhi -- Akhlut -- Aki -- Akriu -- Aksi -- Aku Ashe Ki -- Akwa -- Ala (aka Ale, Alla, Ana, Ane, Ani) -- Al Aaraaf -- Alan -- Alastor -- Alecto -- Alinda -- Al Jassaca -- Alkonost -- Allat -- Allatu (aka Beltis-Allat, Ereshkigal) -- Allu -- Almout -- Als -- Ama -- Am-aua -- Ambrim -- Ament (aka Amenet, Ament-ra, Amentet, Amenthes, Amenti, Amonet, Amunet, Iment, Imentet, Imentit, Ker-neter, Tan) -- A Mik Ka Ta Bo.
Ammon -- Ammut (aka Amam, Amermait, Amit, Am-mit) -- Am-Netu-F -- Ampongo -- Amset (aka Amseth, Imset, Mestha) -- An-Af -- Anaon -- Anautalik -- Andjety (aka Anedjti, Anezti) -- Angel of Death (aka Adriel, Af, Apollyon, Azrael, Gabriel, Hemah, Iblis, 'Izra'il, Kafziel, Kezef, Malach ha Mavet, Mashhit, Mavet, Metatron, Rahab, Sammael, Sam(m) Ael, Sariel, Sauriel, Suriel, Suriyel, Suryal, Yehudiah, Yehudiam, Yetzer-Hara) -- Angel of Hell -- Angel of the Abyss -- Angel of the Bottomless Pit -- Angels of Destruction (aka Af, Azriel, Harbonah, Hemah, Kemuel, Kolazonta, Simkiel, Za'afiel) -- Angromainyus -- Anguta (aka Anautalik) -- Anhefta -- An-her (aka Anhur) -- An-hetep-f -- Anhur -- Ank -- Ankh -- Ankhemfentu -- Ankou -- Annunnake -- Annwfn -- Annwn (aka Achren, Annwfn, Annwfyn, Anwyl, Ochren) -- Anpu -- An-rutf (aka Naarutf) -- Antichrist -- Anu -- Anubis (aka Ankh, Anpu, Anup, Anupu, Em Pet, Impu, , Inpew, Inpu, Inpw, Khent, Sehet, Sekehem, Tep- Tu-F, Wip, Yinepu) -- Anunna -- Anunnaki (aka Annunnake, Anunna, Ennunki) -- Anup -- Anupu -- Anwyl -- Aornus -- Apep (aka Aapep, Apepi, Apophis in Greek) -- Apepi -- Apocalypse -- Apocalypse of Paul -- Apocalypse of Peter -- Apocalypticism -- Apocatastasis -- Apollion -- Apollyon (aka Apollion, Appolyon) -- Apophis -- Appolyon -- Apu -- Aqebi -- Arali -- Aralu (aka Arali, Ekur, Ganzir, Irkalla, Kigal, Kur, Kurnugia, Kutu, Shalu) -- Arawn -- Archetype -- Arecurius -- Arfi-em-Khet -- Ariel -- Ari-em-ab-f -- Arit -- Armageddon -- Arnquagssaq -- Arot Moon -- Artume -- Asaase Aberewa -- Asar -- Ases -- Ashebu -- Asmodeus (aka Ashamadai, Ashmadia, Asmodai) -- Asphodel Fields -- Asrafil -- Assessors -- Astes -- Asto-Bioatu -- Asto Vidatu (aka Asto-Bioatu) -- Aswang -- Ataecina (aka Ataegina) -- Ataegina -- Atai -- Atala -- Atmu -- Atu -- Aufhocker -- Avaiki -- Avatar -- Avernus -- Avici -- Azeman -- Azeto. Azhi Dahaka -- Azrael -- B -- Baal -- Baalberith (aka Balberith, Beal, Berith, Elberith) -- Baalith -- Baalzebub -- Baba Yaga -- Babi -- Bacalou (aka Loa) -- Bael -- Baka -- Ba, Ka, and Ank -- Ba Bird -- Bakaowa Ud Haitan -- Bakbakwakanooksiwae (aka Hokhoku) -- Bakru -- Balam (aka Balan) -- Balan -- Balbal -- Balberith -- Baloma -- Balor -- Bamoo -- Banshee (aka Bean Sidhe, Caoineag) -- Bardo -- Bardo Thodol (aka Tibetan Book of the Dead) -- Barguest -- Baron Cimeteire -- Baron La Croix (aka Azagon La Croix) -- Baron Samedi (aka Gede Nibo, Gede Nimbo, NIBO) -- Basad -- Basilisk -- Bat -- Bata -- Bata Kala -- Beal -- Bean Sidhe -- Beelzebub (aka Baalzebub, Baazebul, Beelzeboul, Belzaboul, Belzebud) -- Behemoth -- Bekhkhi -- Belet Seri -- Belial (aka Baalith, Beliar, Beliel, Belit-Ili, Devil) -- Beliar -- Beliel -- Belit-Ili -- Belphegor (aka Baalpeor, Beelphegor) -- Belzaboul -- Belzebud -- Benen -- Berberoca -- Berith -- Bhut -- Big Brigitte -- Bilibo -- Binobaan -- Birds -- Bitu -- Black Angus -- Black Dogs -- Black Horse -- Black Rock -- Boat -- Bocor (aka Bokor) -- Bodach Glas -- Bokor -- Book of Gates (aka Book of the Netherworld -- Book of the Pylons) -- Book of Going Forth by Day -- Book of the Dead (aka Book of Going Forth by Day) -- Bope -- Boroka -- Bozaloshtsh -- Bralgu -- Bran -- Bridge -- Bunyip -- Buso -- C -- Calag -- Camazotz -- Caoineag -- Casanaan -- Cave of the Dead -- Cavern Deities -- Caym (aka Caim) -- Cer -- Cerberus -- Cernunnous -- Chalmecacihuatl -- Chalmecatl -- Charon -- Charun -- Chawthang -- Chemosh -- Chiconahuapan River -- Chicunauhmictlan -- Chignahuapan (aka Chiconahuapan River) -- Ch'in-Kuang -- Chin-ni -- Chitragupta -- Chthonian -- Chuan lun -- Ch'u Chiang -- Chuma -- Chup Tripeme -- Cinvat Bridge -- Cizin -- Coatlicue (aka Cihuacoatl) -- Cockatrice -- Cocytus -- Coffin Texts -- Congo Savanne -- Contrapasso. Coqui Bexelao (aka Bezelao) -- Corpse Light -- Coyote -- Cum Hau -- Cupay -- Cwn Annwn -- Cwn Cyrff -- Cwn Wybr -- D -- Daena -- Dagan -- Dakul Banua -- Dalum -- Danag -- Dance Macabre -- Dante's Inferno -- De -- Death Personified -- Debawon -- Demon (aka Daemon, Daimon, devil) -- Demonology -- Descent to the Underworld (aka Tours of Hell) -- Destroyer (aka Destroying Angel, Mashit) -- Deut -- Devil (aka Azazel, Belial, Beliar, Beliel, Duma[h], Lucifer, Mastema, Sammael, Satan, Shaytan) -- Dharma-Raja -- Dhouti -- Dis (aka Dis Pater, Dives, Pluto) -- Ditheism -- Di Yu -- Djahannam -- Djata -- Djinn (aka Dgen, Dschin, Genie, Ginn, Jann, Jinn, Jnun) -- Dog -- Domah -- Donn -- Dozakh -- Dragon -- Drauga -- Draugr -- Drythelm -- Dualism -- Duat (aka Hall of Two Truths, Khert Neter, Neter-khertet, Tuat) -- Duma(h) (aka Devil) -- Dunawall -- Dybbuk -- E -- Ebwa -- Eita (aka Aita, Artume) -- Ek Chuah -- Ekur -- Elberith -- Eleusinian Mysteries -- Emma Daiou -- Emma-O (aka Emma Daiou, Enama O, Yemma Dai, Yemma Dai O, Yemma Ten) -- Emma-O -- Em Pet -- Empusae -- Enama O -- Enkidu -- Ennunki -- Enuerkhata -- Eopuco -- Erebus -- Ereshkigal (aka Allatu, Beltis-Allat) -- Erlik Khan (aka Shulman) -- Ermen-Ta -- Eschatology -- Etemmu -- Eumenides (aka Erinyes, Furies) -- Eurynomos -- F -- Faraony -- Fates (aka Moirae, Parcae) -- Feather of Truth -- Fenrir (aka Fenrisulfr, Fenriswulf, Hrodvitnir) -- Fetches -- Field of Reeds -- Forso -- Frashart -- Freyja -- Furies (aka Erinyes, Eumenides) -- Fye -- G -- Gabriel -- Ga-Gorib -- Galla (aka Gallu) -- Gallu -- Ganzir -- Garm -- Gaume (aka Gauna, Gaunab, Gawa, Gawama) -- Gauna -- Gawama -- Gede (aka Ghede, Guede) -- Gede L'Oraille -- Gede Mazaka -- Gede Miveou -- Gede Nansou -- Gede Nibo -- Gede Nimbo (aka Gede Nibo, NIBO) -- Gede Zeclai -- Gehenna -- Gehinnom -- Ghede -- Ghosts -- Ghoul -- Gidim (aka Etemmu). Gilgamesh -- Giltine -- Gimokodan (aka Dakul Banua, Gimokudan, Kilut, Sebad Banua) -- God A (aka Ah Puch, Ah Puchah, Au Puch, Cum Hau, Eopuco, Hun Ahau, Tzontemoc, Yum Cimil) -- God F -- God L -- Gorgons -- Gotterdammerung -- Grann Brigitte -- Grim Reaper -- Gryphes -- Gshed-Ma -- Gwynn (aka Gwynn Ap Nudd) -- Gwynn Ap Nuud -- H -- Hades (aka Aides, Aidoneus, Pluto, Pluton) -- Hahgwehdaetgah -- Hall of Judgment -- Hall of Two Truths -- Hallowe'en -- Harpies -- Harrowing of Hell -- Hazazel -- Heaven -- Hecate -- Hel -- Hell -- Hell Hound -- Hemah -- Heptti -- Heques -- Hermes -- Hetgawauge -- Hetgwaulana -- Hiiela -- Hine-Nui-Po -- Hoebo -- Hokhoku -- Hun Came (aka 1-Death) -- Hutriel -- Hypnos -- I -- Iblis (aka al-Haris, Angel of Death, Azazil, Devil, Eblis) -- Iboll -- Ibu -- Icu (aka Iku) -- Iku -- Illapa (aka Katoylla) -- Impu -- Impw -- Inanna (aka Ishtar) -- Infierno -- Infurin -- Inlabbuut -- Inpew -- Intercession -- Irkalla -- Isis (aka Aset) -- Ixcuina -- Ixpuztec (aka Acolnahuacatl, Lord of Mictlan, Mictlantecuhtli, Mictlantecuhtzi, Nextepehua [''Scatterer of Ashes''], Tzontemoc [''He Who Lowers His Head''], Yeahuiztli) -- Izanagi (aka Izanami-no-kami, Izanami-no-Mikoto) -- J -- Jabeakka -- Jabmeaimo (aka Jabeakka, Jamiaimo, Jamikasaimo) -- Jackal -- Jahannam (aka Djahannam) -- Jambeakka -- Jami-Ajmo-Ollmaj -- Java -- Jigokou -- K -- Ka -- Kabunyan -- Kafziel -- Kagbuoan -- Kakurezator -- Kali (aka Devi) -- Kali -- Kallofalling -- Kalma -- Kami -- Kanaloa -- Kapu Mate -- Kasyrgan -- Katoylla -- Kayong -- Kefi -- Keres -- Kezef -- Khent -- Khenti-Amenti -- Khenti-Heh-F -- Khert Neter (aka Duat, Neterkhertet, Tuat) -- Kherty -- Kigal -- Kiyabusan -- Kokytos -- Kotluwalawa -- Kuga -- Kukulcan -- Kumao -- Kumawing -- Kur -- Kurita -- Kurnugia -- Kushiel -- Kutu -- Ku-Zimu -- L -- Labartu -- Lahatiel -- Lamastu -- Lamia -- Larvae -- Lei Kung. Lemures (aka Larvae). |
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Abel Ernest L. <1943-> | ||
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Dreams of glory [[electronic resource] ] : the sources of apocalyptic terror / / Richard K. Fenn |
Autore | Fenn Richard K |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (166 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism
End of the world Terrorism - Religious aspects Civilization, Modern - 21st century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-14809-6
1-317-14808-8 1-281-09775-6 9786611097752 0-7546-8231-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
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Fenn Richard K | ||
Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2006 | ||
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Dreams of glory [[electronic resource] ] : the sources of apocalyptic terror / / Richard K. Fenn |
Autore | Fenn Richard K |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (166 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism
End of the world Terrorism - Religious aspects Civilization, Modern - 21st century |
ISBN |
1-315-57808-5
1-317-14809-6 1-317-14808-8 1-281-09775-6 9786611097752 0-7546-8231-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777318303321 |
Fenn Richard K | ||
Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2006 | ||
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Dreams of glory [[electronic resource] ] : the sources of apocalyptic terror / / Richard K. Fenn |
Autore | Fenn Richard K |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (166 p.) |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Soggetto topico |
Apocalyptic literature - History and criticism
End of the world Terrorism - Religious aspects Civilization, Modern - 21st century |
ISBN |
1-315-57808-5
1-317-14809-6 1-317-14808-8 1-281-09775-6 9786611097752 0-7546-8231-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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. |
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Fenn Richard K | ||
Aldershot, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., c2006 | ||
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The end all around us : apocalyptic texts and popular culture / / edited by John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 226 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 202/.3 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
NewportKenneth G. C
WallissJohn <1974-> |
Collana | Millennialism and society |
Soggetto topico |
Popular culture - Religious aspects
End of the world |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-315-71113-3
1-317-49103-3 1-322-45658-5 1-84553-765-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction / John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport -- Songs of fate, hope and oblivion : Bob Dylan's dystopianism and apocalyticism / Gary Baines -- End of the world music : is extreme metal the sound of the apocalypse? / Keith Kahn-Harris -- Babylon's burning : reggae, Rastafari, and millenarianism / Christopher Partridge -- Apocalypse at the millennium / John Walliss -- 'The days are numbered' : the romance of death, doom, and deferral in contemporary apocalypse films / Lee Quinby -- Making things new : regeneration and transcendence in Anime / Mick Broderick -- Selling faith without selling out : reading the Left Behind novels in the context of popular culture / Jennie Chapman -- 'The shadow of the end' : the appeal of apocalypse in literary science fiction / Roslyn Weaver -- An end times virtual 'Ekklesia' : ritual deliberation in participatory media / Robert Glenn Howard -- Index. |
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