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Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem

Author : Thomas Robbins
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136049983
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem written by Thomas Robbins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Millennial Violence

Author : Jeffrey Kaplan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135316260
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Millennial Violence written by Jeffrey Kaplan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume encompasses an array of material exploring the millennium phenomenon and the violent excitement it provokes. Consisting of three core parts, the book combines pertinent documents with insightful commentary and discussion.

The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements

Author : James R Lewis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195369645
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements written by James R Lewis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements both covers the current state of the field and breaks new ground. Its contributors, drawn form both sociology and religious studies, are leading figures in the study of NRMs.

Cults, Religion, and Violence

Author : David G. Bromley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521668989
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book Cults, Religion, and Violence written by David G. Bromley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores recent high profile cases of new religious movements involved in violence.

Sacred Fury

Author : Charles Selengut
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742560840
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Fury written by Charles Selengut and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Selengut's multidsciplinary approach to understanding the causes and effects of religious violence around the globe.

The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology

Author : Jerry L. Walls Professor of Philosophy of Religion Asbury Theological Seminary
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199727635
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology by : Jerry L. Walls Professor of Philosophy of Religion Asbury Theological Seminary

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology written by Jerry L. Walls Professor of Philosophy of Religion Asbury Theological Seminary and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007-10-31 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eschatology is the study of the last things: death, judgment, the afterlife, and the end of the world. Through centuries of Christian thoughtfrom the early Church fathers through the Middle Ages and the Reformationthese issues were of the utmost importance. In other religions, too, eschatological concerns were central. After the Enlightenment, though, many religious thinkers began to downplay the importance of eschatology which, in light of rationalism, came to be seen as something of an embarrassment. The twentieth century, however, saw the rise of phenomena that placed eschatology back at the forefront of religious thought. From the rapid expansion of fundamentalist forms of Christianity, with their focus on the end times; to the proliferation of apocalyptic new religious movements; to the recent (and very public) debates about suicide, martyrdom, and paradise in Islam, interest in eschatology is once again on the rise. In addition to its popular resurgence, in recent years some of the worlds most important theologians have returned eschatology to its former position of prominence. The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology will provide an important critical survey of this diverse body of thought and practice from a variety of perspectives: biblical, historical, theological, philosophical, and cultural. This volume will be the primary resource for students, scholars, and others interested in questions of our ultimate existence.

Stephen King's Modern Macabre

Author : Patrick McAleer
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078649400X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Stephen King's Modern Macabre written by Patrick McAleer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Stephen King has continued to publish numerous works beyond one of the many high points of his career, in the 1980s, scholarship has not always kept up with his output. This volume presents 13 essays (12 brand new) on many of King's recent writings that have not received the critical attention of his earlier works. This collection is grouped into three categories--"King in the World Around Us," "Spotlight on The Dark Tower" and "Writing into the Millennium"; each examines an aspect of King's contemporary canon that has yet to be analyzed.

God in the Details

Author : Eric Michael Mazur
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415925648
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book God in the Details written by Eric Michael Mazur and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking to explore the blurred boundary between religion and pop culture, God in the Details offers a provocative look at the breadth, diversity, and persistence of religious themes in contemporary American consciousness. Representing a diverse range of disciplines, the contributors criticaly assess the ways in which American popular culture reappropriates traditional religious symbols to serve the purposes of particular communities.

Doublespeak

Author : Matthew Feldman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 3838205545
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book Doublespeak written by Matthew Feldman and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely intervention exposes the euphemized language of the extreme right as a deceptive attempt to secure greater influence over public policy. Since the end of World War II, the extreme right has made strategic use of “doublespeak,” which apes the language of liberal democracy. Attentive observation and accurate recognition of these tactics means taking the extreme right’s deliberately crafted slogans, symbols, and themes seriously. These essays investigate the extreme right’s attempts at “repackaging” contemporary ultranationalism to make it more palatable to mainstream European and American tastes.

Fearful Hope

Author : Christopher Kleinhenz
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299164348
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book Fearful Hope written by Christopher Kleinhenz and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers from conference "Waiting in Fearful Hope"--Madison, Wis., 21-24 September 1997.

John Woolman and the Government of Christ

Author : Jon R. Kershner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190868090
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book John Woolman and the Government of Christ written by Jon R. Kershner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1758, a Quaker tailor and sometime shopkeeper and school teacher stood up in a Quaker meeting and declared that the time had come for Friends to reject the practice of slavery. That man was John Woolman, and that moment was a significant step, among many, toward the abolition of slavery in the United States. Woolman's antislavery position was only one essential piece of his comprehensive theological vision for colonial American society. Drawing on Woolman's entire body of writing, Jon R. Kershner reveals that the theological and spiritual underpinnings of Woolman's alternative vision for the British Atlantic world were nothing less than a direct, spiritual christocracy on earth, what Woolman referred to as "the Government of Christ." Kershner argues that Woolman's theology is best understood as apocalyptic-centered on a supernatural revelation of Christ's immediate presence governing all aspects of human affairs, and envisaging the impending victory of God's reign over apostasy. John Woolman and the Government of Christ explores the theological reasoning behind Woolman's critique of the burgeoning trans-Atlantic economy, slavery, and British imperial conflicts, and fundamentally reinterprets 18th-century Quakerism by demonstrating the continuing influence of early Quaker apocalypticism.

Religion and Violence

Author : Jeffrey Ian Ross
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317461096
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Violence written by Jeffrey Ian Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2015. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &; Francis, an informa company.

Rhetorics Change / Rhetoric’s Change

Author : Jenny Rice
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1602355029
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Rhetorics Change / Rhetoric’s Change written by Jenny Rice and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhetorics Change/Rhetoric’s Change features selected essays, multimedia texts, and audio pieces from the 2016 Rhetoric Society of America biennial conference, which spotlighted the theme “Rhetoric and Change.” The pieces are broadly focused around eight different lines of thought: Aural Rhetorics; Rhetoric and Science; Embodiment; Digital Rhetorics; Languages and Publics; Apologia, Revolution, Reflection; and Intersectionality, Interdisciplinarity, and the Future of Feminist Rhetoric. Simultaneously familiar yet new, the value of this collection can be found in the range of its modes and voices.

Topic-Driven Environmental Rhetoric

Author : Derek G. Ross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315442035
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Topic-Driven Environmental Rhetoric written by Derek G. Ross and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: Framing -- 1 Proof and Fluid Topics: Topic-Driven Environmental Rhetoric in Modern Society -- 2 Scientist as Hero, Technology as the Enemy: Commonplaces about Science in Environmental Discourses -- 3 Granola-Eating, Birkenstock-Wearing Tree Huggers Who Want to Take Your Guns: Commonplaces of the Environmentalist -- PART II: Place -- 4 Climate Crisis Made Manifest: The Shift from a Topos of Time to a Topos of Place -- 5 Victims "in" and Protectors "of" Appalachia: Place and the Common Topic of Protection in Missing Mountains: We Went to the Mountaintop, but It Wasn't There -- 6 Remembering the Alamo: Commonplaces in Texas Water Policy Arguments -- PART III: Risk and Uncertainty -- 7 Reconstituting Causality: Accident Reports as Posthuman Documentation -- 8 Toward an Apparent Decolonial Feminist Rhetoric of Risk -- 9 Designing Doubt: The Tactical Use of Uncertainty in Hydraulic Fracturing Debates -- PART IV: Sustainability -- 10 Sustainability and Sustainable Development: The Evolution and Use of Confused Notions -- 11 The Three Pillars of Sustainability as a Special Topic of Invention in the Marketing Communication of Plastic-Packaging Companies -- List of Contributors -- Index

Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence

Author : Catherine Wessinger
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815628095
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence written by Catherine Wessinger and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book a cross-cultural and comparative volume, Catherine Wessinger reveal three patterns within millennial groups that are not mutually exclusive: assaulted millennial groups which are attacked by outsiders who fear and misunderstand the religion, fragile millennial groups that initiate violence to preserve the religious goal, and revolutionary millennial groups possessing an ideology that sanctions violece.

Apocalypse Observed

Author : John R. Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134651252
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Apocalypse Observed written by John R. Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-22 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apocalypse Observed is about religious violence. By analyzing five of the most notorious cults of recent years, the authors present a fascinating and revealing account of religious sects and conflict. Cults covered include: * the apocalypse at Jonestown * the Branch Davidians at Waco * the violent path of Aum Shinrikyo * the mystical apocalypse of the Solar Temple * the mass suicide of Heaven's Gate. Through comparative case studies and in-depth analysis, the authors show how religious violence can erupt not simply from the beliefs of the cult followers or the personalities of their leaders, but also from the way in which society responds to the cults in its midst.

Religion

Author : Meredith B. McGuire
Publisher : Waveland Press
ISBN 13 : 147860963X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (786 download)

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Download or read book Religion written by Meredith B. McGuire and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this insightful examination of religions in their local and global context, the author shows how analyzing religions social context helps us understand individuals lives, social movements, national and ethnic politics, and widespread social changes. Well-researched and theory-based, the text is filled with intriguing anecdotes, empirical data, thought-provoking discussions of both mainstream and nonofficial religions, and historical and contemporary examples that illustrate the interplay between religion and society across cultures. This volume takes an integrated approach to examining religion and includes cross-cultural, historical, and methodological viewpoints. Readers will learn to identify the complex interactions between religion and societal contexts, as well as the ways in which these interactions shape individuals, communities, national politics, and the world.