The Millennium myth : hope for a postmodern world

Notes: "[By] Tom Wright".; No index.; "Here is a riveting book for anyone interested in what us really driving millennium fever. A classical historian, writing on one of the biggest stories of our time, provides the first work that: gives a clear explanation of how the turn of the millennium has been misunderstood and miscalculated; shows why the widespread 'apocalyptic take' on the millennium is in error; offers a provocative way to celebrate the millennium authentically and with integrity". -- back cover.; Contents: Preface / Tom Wright -- Why Millennium ? -- Apocalypse Now ? -- The Way We Live Now ? -- Making the Most of the Millennium -- Free at Last -- Appendix: Jubilee 2000 Contact Addresses -- Acknowledgements.

Subjects: Millennium; Postmodernism - Religious aspects - Christianity; Millennium - Religious aspects - Christianity; Millennium - Religious aspects - Church of England; Millennialism; Jubilee (Christianity); Jubilee 2000