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Counterknowledge
Counterknowledge is misinformation packaged to look like fact. From 9/11 conspiracy theories to Holocaust denial, we are all experiencing an epidemic of demonstrably untrue descriptions of the world—dangerous nonsense. The circulation of false information is creating a global generation of misguided adherents who repeat these untruths and lend them credence. In Counterknowledge, Damian Thompson explores these unproven theories and demonstrates that unless the defenders of enlightenment values fight back soon, the counterknowledge industry has the potential to create new political, social, and economic disasters.
The Fix
Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives.
End of Time
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Waiting for Antichrist
How can people believe that the supernatural end of the world lies just around the corner when, so far, every such prediction has been proved wrong? Some scholars argue that millenarians are psychologically disturbed; others maintain that their dreams of paradise on earth reflect a nascent political awareness. In this book Damian Thompson looks at the members of one religious group with a strong apocalyptic tradition--Kensington Temple, a large Pentecostal church in London--and attempts to understand how they reconcile doctrines of the end of the world with the demands of their everyday lives. He asks such questions as: Who is making the argument that the world is about to end, and on whose ...
Loose Canon
Biography of Brian Brindley, British Anglican brought down by sexual scandal.
The End of Time
Damian Thompson highly evocative, brilliant and comprehensive account of apocalyptic belief was a phenomenal critical success upon hardback publication. It brings together the massacre at Waco, the Solar Temple suicides, the Japanese subway gas attack, UFOs, angelic visitors and other apparently unrelated phenomena and places them in the context of the dawning of a new world at the time of the millennium. This is the revised, updated edition in which Damian Thompson tackles subjects such as the millennium dome and the millennium bug; rejacketed by Vintage for the lead-up to the year 2, 000.
Feet Of Clay
An eye-opening investigation of charismatic "gurus" from Jesus to Freud to David Koresh, by the author of "Solitude: A Return to the Self". In "Feet of Clay", eminent psychologist Anthony Storr uncovers the personality traits that link these men and explores the incredible power they have wielded over their fanatical followers. 11 photos.
Waiting for Antichrist
Damian Thompson looks at the members of one religious group with a strong apocalyptic tradition, Kensington Temple, a large Pentecostal church in London, & attempts to understand how they reconcile doctrines of the end of the world with the demands of their everyday lives
How your gadgets are turning you in to an addict (Collins Shorts, Book 9)
Collins Shorts – insight in an instant.
That Was The Church That Was
The unexpectedly entertaining story of how the Church of England lost its place at the centre of English public life
