Prophecy (Themes in History)

by Bertrand Taithe (Author), TimThornton (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.31

  Prophecy presents a timely analysis of the use of prophetic language and of millenarianism in politics from the thirteenth century to today. Prophecy and its interpretation can change the course of history; a range od scholars demonstrate its historical significance in the construction of kingship, theocracy, alternative communities, and even science.