Millennium Messiahs And Mayhem
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Millennium Messiahs and Mayhem
Author | : Thomas Robbins,Susan J. Palmer |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2013-10-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781136049989 |
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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.
The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements
Author | : James R Lewis |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 544 |
Release | : 2008-07-17 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9780195369649 |
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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,J. Gordon Melton |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2002-05-13 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0521668980 |
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This explores the question of when and why violence by and against new religious cults erupts and whether and how such dramatic conflicts can be foreseen, managed and averted. The authors, leading international experts on religious movements and violent behavior, focus on the four major episodes of cult violence during the last decade: the tragic conflagration that engulfed the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas; the deadly sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo in Tokyo; the murder-suicides by the Solar Temple in Switzerland and Canada; and the collective suicide by the members of Heaven's Gate. They explore the dynamics leading to these dramatic episodes in North America, Europe, and Asia, and offer insights into the general relationship between violence and religious cults in contemporary society. The authors conclude that these events usually involve some combination of internal and external dynamics through which a new religious movement and society become polarized.
The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology
Author | : Jerry L. Walls Professor of Philosophy of Religion Asbury Theological Seminary |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 744 |
Release | : 2007-10-31 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780199727636 |
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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.
God in the Details
Author | : Eric Michael Mazur,Kate McCarthy |
Publsiher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0415925649 |
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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.
Millennial Violence
Author | : Jeffrey Kaplan |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2013-09-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781135316266 |
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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.
Stephen King s Modern Macabre
Author | : Patrick McAleer,Michael A. Perry |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2014-08-12 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780786494002 |
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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.
Sacred Fury
Author | : Charles Selengut |
Publsiher | : Rowman Altamira |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0759103623 |
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This textbook applies insight from the social sciences and history to a wide range of violence inspired by religious motivations.