Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction

Part I. Sociological Aspects
Sociological Dimensions of Christian Millenarianism/ Malcolm B. Hamilton
Whose Time is it Anyway? Evangelicals, the Millennium and Millenarianism/ Martyn Percy
Europe as Antichrist: North American Pre-Millenarianism/ Orestis Lindermayer
The Rise, Fall, and Return of Post-Millenarianism/ Stephen Hunt

Part II. Historical Dimensions
Millenarian thought in the First-Century Church/ Stanley E. Porter
Millenarianism in the Reformation and English Revolution/ Andrew Bradstock
Medieval Millenarianism and Prophecy/ Diane Watt
"Our Unspeakable Comfort": Irving, Albury, and the Origins of the Pretribulation Rapture/ Mark Patterson and Andrew Walker

Part III. Global Movements
The Revolutionary Dimension of Millenarianism: The Case of the T'aiping Rebellion/ Stephen Hunt
The Heavenly Millennium of Seventh-Day Adventism/ Kenneth Newport
En Route to the Marian Kingdom: Catholic Apocalypticism and the Army of Mary/ Massimo Introvigne
The Millenarianism of the Pentecostal Movement/ Margaret Poloma
A Peruvian Messiah and the Retreat from the Apocalyse/ Damian Thompson

Part IV. Syncretic and Cultist Forms
"All I am is Religion": David Koresh's Christian Millenarianism/ Eugene Gallagher
Peace, Persecution and Preparations for Yahshua's Return: The Case of the Messianic Communities' Twelve Tribes/ Susan J. Palmer
New Age Millenarianism and its Christian Influences/ Michael York
Violent Millenarianism with a Christian Touch: Syncretic Themes in the Millennial Perspective of Aum Shinrikyo/ Ian Reader
Index

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A highly informative survey of the sociological, historical, and global dimensions of Christian Millenarianism, including discussion of specific cults and sects.

About the Author

STEPHEN HUNT is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Reading, England.