Questions for the Ages

How did the post-modernists become so influenced by commercial prophecy, a practise modelled on the inspirations of biblical prophets?  The staying power of old time religion provides one answer.  The reach of the ancient prophecies provides another.  St. John's apocalyptic visions still held sway over those Christians who were awaiting His return at the turn of the millennium.  A third answer lies in the subtle process that has transformed old line biblical prophecy into a practise that, except for the actions of sects and cults on the fringes of religion, has become almost exclusively secular. This transformation of prophecy, from biblical, to scientifically secular, and then commercial, parallels the evolution of western culture.  In this century, it is distinctly traceable through several phases in the development of science fiction, futurism, and postwar industrialization.  Prophets of Boom traces the evolution of this process from the two world wars right into our post-millennial reality.  


Anyone old enough to remember the rotary telephone has witnessed the transition in their own lives.  Why not take a few minute to post a comment?  Tell us about something you observed that confirms or contradicts this blogger's version of our common history.  How have you managed to deal with its effects?