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Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem : Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements by Susan J. Palmer (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415916488
ISBN-139780415916486
eBay Product ID (ePID)330525
Product Key Features
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMillennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem : Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements
SubjectReligious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, Anthropology / General, History, Eschatology
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorSusan J. Palmer
Subject AreaReligion, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length6 in
Item Width9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN97-012408
IllustratedYes
SynopsisAs we approach the Millennium, apocalyptic expectations are rising in North America and throughout the world. Beyond the symbolic aura of the millennium, this excitation is fed by currents of unsettling social and cultural change. The millennial myth ingrained in American culture is continually generating new movements, which draw upon the myth and also reshape and reconstruct it. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem examines many types of apocalypticism such as economic, racialist, environmental, feminist, as well as those erupting from established churches. Many of these movements are volatile and potentially explosive. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem brings together scholars of apocalyptic and millennial groups to explore aspects of the contemporary apocalyptic fervor in all orginal contributions. Opening with a discussion of various theories of apocalypticism, the editors then analyze how millennialist movements have gained ground in largely secular societal circles. Section three discusses the links between apocalypticism and established churches, while the final part of the book looks at examples of violence and confrontation, from Waco to Solar Temple to the Aum Shinri Kyo subway disaster in Japan. Contributors: James Aho, Dick Anthony, Robert Balch, Michael Barkun, John Bozeman, David Bromley, Michael Cuneo, John Dimitrovich, John Hall, Massimo Introvigne, Philip Lamy, Ronald Lawson, Martha Lee, Barbara Lynn Mahnke, Vanessa Morrison, Mark Mullins, Ansun Shupe, Susan Palmer, Thomas Robbins, Philip Schuyler and Catherine Wessinger.
LC Classification NumberBL2520.M55 1997
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