The thirteen essays in this volume focus on the dimensions, consequences and transformations of Apocalypticism. The authors explore the everyday relevance of the apocalyptic in contemporary society, culture, and politics, side by side with the various histories of apocalyptic ideas and movements. In particular, they seek to better understand the ways in which perceptions of the apocalypse...

This book concerns the politics of religion as expressed through apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Dzhublyk in Transcarpathian Ukraine. The analysis provides insights into the present position of Transcarpathia in regional, Ukrainewide, and European struggles for identity and political belonging. The way in which the apparitions site has been conceived and managed raises questions concerning...

1884. Partial Contents: Origin of the general Opinions respecting Demonology among Mankind; Belief in the Immortality of the Soul; Situations of excited passion in humanity which teach men to wish or apprehend Supernatural Apparitions; Story of Somnambulism; Witches and the Bible; Creed of Zoroaster; Law of the Romans against Witchcraft; Roman customs survive the fall of their Religion;...

The book, which is one of the issues of the series ‘Classics of Russian Oriental Studies’, contains the main historical and geographical works of the outstanding Russian orientalist, academician V.V. Bartold. They were created in the first decades of the 20th century and are devoted to the historical geography of Central Asia, to which the scientist paid special attention throughout his...

An examination of the fundamentalists movements present in Islam, Christianity and Judaism and their commonalities.

Bibliotheca Islamica. The author seeks to answer some of the more common questions people have about Islam. The first section of the book looks at over 200 specific questions people often have. The second part of the book looks in detail on more than 20 theological-canonical issues and practices.

The new work by Moscow historian S.A. Shumov is the first complete documentary description of the main monastic orders of Western Europe from the 5th to the beginning of the 21st century, both male and female, constructed as a systematic and most complete collection of testimonies of contemporaries, as well as research by leading Western and Russian historians of religion and monasticism. The...

Based on archival materials, the book illuminates the history of the destruction of the Tomsk diocese. The authors have collected information about all the churches in the Tomsk region before the revolution and their destruction or closure, as well as about bishops who served exile in the Narym region, were imprisoned in Tomsk prisons and shot in Tomsk, about priests, church workers and active...