| Longing for the End: A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization 1999 Edition Contributor(s): Baumgartner, Frederic J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312238347 ISBN-13: 9780312238346 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2001 Annotation: Jonestown, Waco, and Heaven's Gate resonate in the contemporary mind in the same way that Masada or Mount Tabor resonated in the minds of others long past. The members of these movements believed that the end of the world was at hand and that they had to act through violence or suicide to ensure its occurrence. Frederic Baumgartner explores the long, often violent, history of millennialism as it has affected Western civilization. From ancient Zoroastrians to Concerned Christians of 1998, a belief in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the new age has motivated hundreds of sects and cults, some of which have burned out in an orgy of violence to become a permanent part of Western history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - Religion | Christian Theology - Eschatology |
| Dewey: 236.9 |
| LCCN: 2009293883 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.80 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Jonestown, Waco, and Heaven's Gate resonate in the contemporary mind in the same way that Masada or Mount Tabor resonated in the minds of others long past. The members of these movements believed that the end of the world was at hand and that they had to act through violence or suicide to ensure its occurrence. Frederic Baumgartner explores the long, often violent, history of millennialism as it has affected Western civilization. From ancient Zoroastrians to Concerned Christians of 1998, a belief in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the new age has motivated hundreds of sects and cults, some of which have burned out in an orgy of violence to become a permanent part of Western history. |