Table of Contents

666 age of Mary Ancient World Antichrist Apolcalypse Baha'i Faith charismatic leadership Chernobyl Church Triumphant Communism Conversion Demagogues Demonization Ecstasy End of the World Environmentalism Fatalism Fundamentalism Ghost Dance Heaven's Gate Holocaust Islam Japan Jehovah's Witnesses Judaism Literature Media Mormonism Mysticism Nazism New Age New World Order Nuclear Papal Reform Peace of God Persecution Plague and Pestilence Prophecy Rastafarianism religious conversion Sexuality Stress Totalitarianism Ufo-ology Violence Witch Hunts Women Zionism Zoroastrianism

About the Author

Richard Landes, Boston University.

Reviews

'Factual and evenhanded in [the] treatment of subjects that badly need these qualities. Highly recommended.' – Choice 'This book fills a very important niche ... All libraries will want to have this valuable and useful volume.' –American Reference Books Annual