Covering religious traditions ranging from Buddhism to Christianity to Zoroastrianism and
modern apocalyptic movements such as Arun Shinrikyo and the Branch Davidians, this book
addresses prophesied end of days from a breadth of perspectives and includes material on
often-neglected themes and genres. End of Days: An Encyclopedia of the Apocalypse in
World Religions describes apocalyptic writings in the world's major religious traditions,
including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The cross-referenced …

Every culture and religion in human society has oral and written stories on the end of
humanity, society and the world. Fascination with what happens when and how the world
ends, or when and how an important god-like person (such as Christ) returns to Earth to both
save and condemn humanity, are a part of what drives human culture, ethics, compassion
and motivation. This encyclopedia examines the history and literature of this topic, exploring
both Western and Eastern concepts of the apocalypse along with fairly specialised and little …