Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Mlllennial Movements PDF
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encyclopedia of millennialism AND MlLLENNIAL MOVEMENTS ROUTLEDGE ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF RELIGION AND SOCIETY David Levinson, Series Editor The Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements Richard A.Landes, Editor The Encyclopedia of African and African American Religions Stephen D.Glazier The Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism Brenda E.Brasher, Editor encyclopedia of millennialism AND MILLENNIAL MOVEMENTS Richard A. Landes, Editor Religion and Society A Berkshire Reference Work ROUTLEDGE NEW YORK LONDON Published in 2000 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, 10001 A Berkshire Reference Work This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2006. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/.” Copyright © 2000 by Berkshire Reference Works All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Encyclopedia of millennialism and millennial movements/Richard A.Landes, editor. p. cm.—(Religion and society) “A Berkshire Reference work.” Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-92246-1 (acid-free paper) 1. Millennialism-Encyciopedia. I. Landes, Richard Allen. II. Berkshire Reference Works (Firm) III. Religion and society (New York, N.Y.) BT891.E53 2000 306′1–dc21 99–052373 ISBN 0-203-00943-6 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-415-92246-1 (Print Edition) Contents Editorial Advisory Board vii List of Entries ix Introduction xiii 1 Entries A to Z List of Contributors 821 Index 829 Editorial Advisory Board General Editor Richard A.Landes Center for Millennial Studies, Boston University Associate Editors Michael Barkun Department of Political Science, Syracuse University Chip Berlet Political Research Associates, Somerville, Massachusetts Michael Christensen Emeritus, Department of History, Drew University Eugene Gallagher Connecticut University Catherine Wessinger Department of Religious Studies, Loyola University Robert Whalen Chatham Township, New Jersey Berkshire Reference Works Staff David Levinson Series Editor Ben Manning Editorial Assistant Maanten Reilinsh Copy Editor List of Entries 666 1 Aetherius Society 4 Africa, Sub-Saharan 6 Age of Mary 11 Akkadian and Babylonian Apocalypses 19 Anabaptists 21 Ancient World 31 Antichrist 37 Apocalypse 45 Apostles of Infinite Love 53 Armageddon Time Ark Base 58 Art 60 Asia 64 Assaulted Millennial Groups 72 Aum Shinrikyo 73 Baha’i Faith 78 Bayside (Our Lady of the Roses) 85 Burned-over District 94 Camp Meetings 99 Cargo Cults 104 Catastrophic Millennialism 111 Century, Centennial, Centenarium 114 Charisma 118 Chen Tao (God’s Salvation Church) 125 Chernobyl 128 China 136 Christian Identity 144 Christian Reconstructions and Dominionists 150 Chronology and Dating 157 Church Universal and Triumphant 168 Columbus/Colon 175 Communism 178 Conspiracism 183 Conversion 190 Cults 196
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