Thinking about Religion and Violence

The Apocalyptic Outlook (1x7)

Ημερομηνία προβολής: Φεβ 08, 2018

For humans, the world is always about to end. Using examples like the People’s Temple, the Branch Davidians, and Aum Shinrikyo, as well as 19th-century America, explore the meanings of apocalypticism as a form of human meaning-making, as well as its role in the phenomenon of religious violence.