Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic MovementsThese 16 contributions advance the notion that a wave of apocalyptic and millennial ferment has been washing over American society and culture for several decades. The authors discuss this ferment in terms of its contemporary secular forms, its manifestation in American institutionalized religion, and its connection to violence and confrontation in such groups as the Branch Davidians and the Order of the Solar Temple. Although the focus is on North America, several contributors address developments overseas. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Millennium, messiahs, and mayhem: contemporary apocalyptic movements
Avis d'utilisateur - Not Available - Book VerdictRobbins, an independent sociologist of religion, and Palmer (new religious movements, Dawson Coll. and Concordia Univ.) have compiled a collection of articles on the import of the coming millennium ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
THEORIES OF APOCALYPTICISM | 31 |
MILLENNIALISM WITH AND WITHOUT THE MAYHEM | 47 |
THE APOCALYPSE OF MODERNITY | 61 |
FIFTEEN YEARS OF FAILED PROPHECY | 73 |
SECULARIZING THE MILLENNIUM | 93 |
ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE | 119 |
TECHNOLOGICAL MILLENARIANISM IN THE UNITED STATES | 139 |
WOMAN AS WORLD SAVIOR | 159 |
THE PERSISTENCE OF APOCALYPTICISM WITHIN A | 207 |
LATTER DAY REVISITED | 229 |
VIOLENCE AND CONFRONTATION | 247 |
RELIGIOUS TOTALISM EXEMPLARY DUALISM | 261 |
THE MYSTICAL APOCALYPSE OF THE SOLAR TEMPLE | 285 |
AUM SHINRIKYO AS AN APOCALYPTIC MOVEMENT | 313 |
CONTRIBUTORS | 325 |
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APOCALYPTICISM AND THE CHURCHES | 175 |
IO CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTIONISM AND THE ANGRY RHETORIC | 195 |
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Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements Thomas Robbins,Susan J. Palmer Aucun aperçu disponible - 1997 |
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