| Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millenium Contributor(s): Kleinhenz, Christopher (Author), Lemoine, Fannie J. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0299164349 ISBN-13: 9780299164348 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: From recent disaster movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact to cult movements such as those of Jim Jones and David Koresh, apocalyptic images surround us as we prepare to mark the end of the current millennium. In Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium editors Christopher Kleinhenz and Fannie LeMoine provide a wide range of thought-provoking essays probing the meaning and significance of millennial expectations and apocalyptic visions. From John J. Collins's essay on the sense of ending in pre-Christian Judaism to Paul Boyer's discussion of apocalyptic fears and foreboding in the twentieth century, Fearful Hope offers fresh insight on millennial thinking in fields ranging from history and literature to philosophy, cinema, and politics. These essays explore the apocalyptic in both religious and secular culture, providing illuminating illustrations from biblical prophets, medieval manuscripts, cult movements, and even the current obsession with conspiracy in television shows like The X-Files. Finally, Archbishop Rembert Weakland and Bishop Johannes Hempel stress the importance of maintaining hope in our own age, the latter with particular reference to the fall of the Communist regime in East Germany. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Eschatology - Religion | Theology |
| Dewey: 236.9 |
| LCCN: 99018917 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.01" W x 9.03" (0.72 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Millennium |
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| Publisher Description: Donna Solecka Urbikas grew up in the Midwest during the golden years of the American century. But her Polish-born mother and half sister had endured dehumanizing conditions during World War II, as slave laborers in Siberia. War and exile created a profound bond between mother and older daughter, one that Donna would struggle to find with either of them. In 1940, Janina Slarzynska and her five-year-old daughter Mira were taken by Soviet secret police (NKVD) from their small family farm in eastern Poland and sent to Siberia with hundreds of thousands of others. So began their odyssey of hunger, disease, cunning survival, desperate escape across a continent, and new love amidst terrible circumstances. But in the 1950s, baby boomer Donna yearns for a normal American family while Janina and Mira are haunted by the past. In this unforgettable memoir, Donna recounts her family history and her own survivor s story, finally understanding the damaged mother who had saved her sister. Finalist, Best Traditional Non-Fiction Book, Chicago Writers Association" |