Encyclopedia of millennialism and millennial movements
Featuring over 150 entries, numerous illustrations and valuable extracts of primary source material, this timely new work covers millennial movements throughout the world, encompassing western society, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and native North and South Americans. Entries draw upon the work of anth...
| Subtitles: | Millennialism |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Routledge
2000
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| In: | Year: 2000 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge encyclopedias of religion and society
Religion and society : a Berkshire reference work |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Millennialism
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| Further subjects: | B
Dictionary
B Millennialism Encyclopedias B Millennialism Encyclopedias |
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| Summary: | Featuring over 150 entries, numerous illustrations and valuable extracts of primary source material, this timely new work covers millennial movements throughout the world, encompassing western society, Africa, Asia and Oceania, and native North and South Americans. Entries draw upon the work of anthropologists, historians, sociologists, political scientists, religious scholars and others who study millennial movements, and include: charismatic leadership, Christian Identity, cult, Heaven's Gate, markers of millennial movements, Native American Ghost Dance, religious conversion, role of women in millennial movements, Seventh-day Adventism, societal stress, Y2K, numerous UFO cults, utopia, and much more. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturangaben |
| ISBN: | 0415922461 |