The Millennium Myth

Author : Nicholas Thomas Wright
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664258412
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Millennium Myth written by Nicholas Thomas Wright and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wright argues that getting ready for the millennium does not mean getting ready for the end of the world as we know it, and shows that the millennium hype is masking a deeper problem in our culture. By following some ancient words on hope, Wright outlines a practical way for creating a better world as we move into the coming age.

Author : Sean M. O'Shea
Publisher : Humanics Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 0893342734
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Millennium Myth written by Sean M. O'Shea and published by Humanics Publishing Group. This book was released on 1998 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring how the millennium as a concept found its way into our cultural consciousness, the authors of this text follow the global millennium myth from its earliest known sources to the present day and the immediate future.

Author : Michael Grosso
Publisher : Quest Books (IL)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Millennium Myth written by Michael Grosso and published by Quest Books (IL). This book was released on 1995 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visionary thinkers of the past and startling projections for the future point the way toward humankind's coming regeneration.

Author : Random House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780099809241
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myth of the Millennium written by Random House and published by . This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nicholas Thomas Wright
Publisher : Azure Books
ISBN 13 : 9781902694047
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Myth of the Millennium written by Nicholas Thomas Wright and published by Azure Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Thomas Robbins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136049908
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem written by Thomas Robbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we approach the Millennium, apocalyptic expectations are rising in North America and throughout the world. Beyond the symbolic aura of the millennium, this excitation is fed by currents of unsettling social and cultural change. The millennial myth ingrained in American culture is continually generating new movements, which draw upon the myth and also reshape and reconstruct it. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem examines many types of apocalypticism such as economic, racialist, environmental, feminist, as well as those erupting from established churches. Many of these movements are volatile and potentially explosive. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem brings together scholars of apocalyptic and millennial groups to explore aspects of the contemporary apocalyptic fervor in all orginal contributions. Opening with a discussion of various theories of apocalypticism, the editors then analyze how millennialist movements have gained ground in largely secular societal circles. Section three discusses the links between apocalypticism and established churches, while the final part of the book looks at examples of violence and confrontation, from Waco to Solar Temple to the Aum Shinri Kyo subway disaster in Japan. Contributors: James Aho, Dick Anthony, Robert Balch, Michael Barkun, John Bozeman, David Bromley, Michael Cuneo, John Dimitrovich, John Hall, Massimo Introvigne, Philip Lamy, Ronald Lawson, Martha Lee, Barbara Lynn Mahnke, Vanessa Morrison, Mark Mullins, Ansun Shupe, Susan Palmer, Thomas Robbins, Philip Schuyler and Catherine Wessinger.

Author : Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190204167
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Classical Myth and Film in the New Millennium written by Patricia B. Salzman-Mitchell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering unique and in-depth discussions of films that have been released since 2000, Classical Myth and Film in the New Millennium uses various modern approaches--ranging from myth criticism to psychology and gender studies--to analyze popular movies that make use of themes and stories from Greek and Roman mythology, including Troy, The Hunger Games, Pan's Labyrinth, and Clash of the Titans. FEATURES * Provides a critical analysis of thirteen movies, exploring the themes, characters, and plots that arise from Greek and Roman mythology and also from other Western and contemporary traditions * Covers films that today's students may already be familiar with and enjoy, resulting in a relevant and interesting text * Addresses themes central to the new millennium: the environment, the perils of materialism and excessive consumerism, gender oppression and equality, broken families, and the constant threat of violence * Organizes films into five thematic parts--Homeric Echoes, The Reluctant Hero, Women in the Margins, Coming of Age in the New Millennium, and New Versions of Pygmalion--that provide an interpretive framework for examining archetypes * A substantial general Introduction provides a foundation for studying myth and film, and each part includes an introduction and discussion questions

Author : John Perlich
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786455926
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Millennial Mythmaking written by John Perlich and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary myths, particularly science fiction and fantasy texts, can provide commentary on who we are as a culture, what we have created, and where we are going. These nine essays from a variety of disciplines expand upon the writings of Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey. Modern examples of myths from various sources such as Planet of the Apes, Wicked, Pan's Labyrinth, and Spirited Away; the Harry Potter series; and Second Life are analyzed as creative mythology and a representation of contemporary culture and emerging technology.

Author : E. M. Berens
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome written by E. M. Berens and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-08-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome " is a comprehensive mythology collection, presenting all the major and minor gods of Rome and Greece, with descriptions of festivals and retellings of major mythological stories. The author, thoroughly details each Greek and Roman god, goddess, hero, demi-god and creature and gives the reader a clear and succinct idea of the religious beliefs of the ancients. An exceptional book for those interested in Greek or Roman mythology.

Author : Jonathan D. Hill
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252091515
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Made from Bone written by Jonathan D. Hill and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made-from-Bone is the first work to provide a complete set of English translations of narratives about the mythic past and its transformations from the indigenous Arawak-speaking people of South America. Among the Arawak-speaking Wakuénai of southernmost Venezuela, storytellers refer to these narratives as "words from the primordial times," and they are set in an unfinished space-time before there were any clear distinctions between humans and animals, men and women, day and night, old and young, and powerful and powerless. The central character throughout these primordial times and the ensuing developments that open up the world of distinct peoples, species, and places is a trickster-creator, Made-from-Bone, who survives a prolonged series of life-threatening attacks and ultimately defeats all his adversaries. Carefully recorded and transcribed by Jonathan D. Hill, these narratives offer scholars of South America and other areas the only ethnographically generated cosmogony of contemporary or ancient native peoples of South America. Hill includes translations of key mythic narratives along with interpretive and ethnographic discussion that expands on the myths surrounding this fascinating and enigmatic character with broad appeal throughout various folkloric traditions.