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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