End of the World, Predictions Of
Keeping track of time has been an integral activity of every civilization, no matter how primitive. There are ample indications that even civilizations in pre-historic...
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Eschatology
"Eschatology" is a doctrine or theory (logos) of the end (eschaton). "End" here can have two meanings. First, it can mean the end of each individual human life....
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THE POLITICS OF HEAVEN: AMERICA IN FEARFUL TIMESBy Earl Shorris W.W. Norton, 371 pages, $25.95
Some of the meanest people in the world are nice.
That’s the conservative evangelical paradox: t...
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If they weren’t real, many of Mark Bowden’s characters would seem like the creations of a lazy Hollywood scriptwriter crafting roles for Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell. He favors men wh...
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If they weren’t real, many of Mark Bowden’s characters would seem like the creations of a lazy Hollywood scriptwriter crafting roles for Bruce Willis and Colin Fa...
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Meet George Jetson; Jane, his wife.
Their deluxe apartment in the sky, you must admit, boasts quite the view. Rockets whiz past condos the shape of flying saucers. Stars flutter and flicker, and b...
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End of the World, Predictions Of
Eschatology
Fear and Loathing: The Rise of the Christian Right
