The Long Now Foundation presents
The Truth About the Book of Revelations
with Elaine Pagels
- When
- Mon Aug 20, 2012
- Where
- Cowell Theater
- Time
- 7:30 pm
- Cost
- $10
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Books
Description
The Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long-term Thinkinghttp://longnow.org/seminars/02012/aug/20/truth-about-book-revelations/
Elaine Pagels presents
The Truth About the Book of Revelations
Probably the most consequential vision of the future ever written is the Bible’s Book of Revelation. If God didn’t write it (through the sainted instrument of someone named John), then who did, and why?
Elaine Pagels has a persuasive answer, spectacularly illustrated. The author of The Gnostic Gospels; Beyond Belief; and Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, Pagels analyzes other revelations of the time (they were common) and examines how John’s particular version of apocalypse made it into the world’s most popular book. John had his own agenda. It wasn’t Christian.
Seminar hosted by Stewart Brand
http://www.longnow.org/people/board/sb1/
Monday August 20, 02012
Doors open 7:00pm, talk at 7:30pm lasting ~1.5 hours
Long Now Members get 2 complimentary tickets
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Live Audio Stream of the Seminar for Long Now Members
http://longnow.org/live/
There will be a reception at The Long Now Museum & Store following the Seminar
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About the Series:
The Seminars About Long-term Thinking were started in 02003 to build a coherent, compelling body of ideas about long-term thinking, to help nudge civilization toward Long Now's goal of making long-term thinking automatic and common instead of difficult and rare.
More Info
- Link
- http://longnow.org/seminars/02012/aug/20/truth-about-book-re...
- Call
- 4155616582 (Box Office)
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