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Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem : Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements - Thomas Robbins

Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem

Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements

By: Thomas Robbins (Editor), Susan J. Palmer (Editor)

Paperback | 11 July 1997 | Edition Number 1

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As 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.
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""[This book] provide[s] a wealth of details on groups arising out of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Mormon, and Seventh-day Adventist churches, as well as those originating from a diverse number of secular movements ranging from the militas to environmentalist." --Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Baylor Univ., Waco, TX for "Journal of Church and State." "This is a fine collection of high-quality papers concerning millenarianism in Western culture." -"American Journal of Sociology ..."a significant contribution as a general scholarly introduction to the subject of apocalyptic and millennial movements in contemporary North American society." -Nathan Rousseau, "Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion "This is a fine collection of high-quality papers concerning millenarianism in Western culture...enlightening...fascinating." -"American Journal of Sociology "This volume documents the richness and diversity of the contemporary apocalyptic imagination." -Stephan Stein, "Religious Studies Review, April 2002

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