Religion, the new millennium, and globalization. (2000 Presidential Address).
From: Sociology of Religion
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Date: 12/22/2001
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Author: Casanova, Jose
Jose Casanova (*)
It seems we all have survived the passage of the millennium without many visible trials and tribulations. Actually, one could contend that Dionysius Exiguus, the monk who around 525A.D. came up with the A.D. calendar division now in use around the globe, miscalculated and postdated the birth of Jesus by at least four years, in which case our millennial celebrations were actually a few years late. (1) Alternatively, one could believe that Dionisius Exiguus was ...
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