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End of Days: Predictions of the End from Ancient Sources
Considering the challenges humanity faces today, from total environmental destruction to the continuing threat of nuclear annihilation, could we really be facing the end of the world as we have known it this time? And, if we survive, will our future be utopian or dystopian? The author explores these issues, and then details the eschatological traditions of Judeo-Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Gnosticism, the Maya, and prophecies of the end in other ancient cultures.
156 pages, Paperback
First published April 20, 2011
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March 10, 2022
In doing a great job of presenting the disparate beliefs of other historical peoples of various faiths, the author admittedly could have been better about presenting opposing beliefs to the ones he specifically holds contemporarily. The compelling nature of most of Hooper's writing here would lead one to think alternative viewpoints, or at least of those who have thought at all about the aforementioned topics, simply do not exist; much of what is stated is presented as given fact.
Don't go looking for an index or any list of citations that exist outside of scripture, either - not that any is necessarily needed for a book referring primarily to religious texts which are all easily available online, but I don't think I saw many verifiable sources for the extrabiblical content, and perhaps I missed it, but mention of preferred translations certainly would be relevant given the extent that literalist interpretation and translation (or otherwise) could easily conflict with our author's perspective and perhaps deserves some honest discussion within the work.
Some assertion of personal-belief-as-fact aside, and ignoring the infrequent clerical errors (a consequence of self-publishing, I suppose), an insightful read of comparative religion and a great introduction to eschatology, or a jumping-off point to learn about Gnosticism, Abrahamic mysticism, or Eastern religious tradition for the tangentially-conscious.
Don't go looking for an index or any list of citations that exist outside of scripture, either - not that any is necessarily needed for a book referring primarily to religious texts which are all easily available online, but I don't think I saw many verifiable sources for the extrabiblical content, and perhaps I missed it, but mention of preferred translations certainly would be relevant given the extent that literalist interpretation and translation (or otherwise) could easily conflict with our author's perspective and perhaps deserves some honest discussion within the work.
Some assertion of personal-belief-as-fact aside, and ignoring the infrequent clerical errors (a consequence of self-publishing, I suppose), an insightful read of comparative religion and a great introduction to eschatology, or a jumping-off point to learn about Gnosticism, Abrahamic mysticism, or Eastern religious tradition for the tangentially-conscious.
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