Seventh-Day Adventists, Melanesian cargo cults, David Koresh's Branch Davidians, and the Raelian UFO religion would seem to have little in common. What these groups share, however, is a millennial orientation-the audacious human hope for a collective salvation, which may be either heavenly or earthly. The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism offers readers an in-depth look at both the theoretical underpinnings of the study of millennialism and its many manifestations acrosshistory and cultures. Seventh-Day Adventists, Melanesian cargo cults, David Koresh's Branch Davidians, and the Raelian UFO religion would seem to have little in common. What these groups share, however, is a millennial orientation-the audacious human hope for a collective salvation, which may be either heavenly or earthly. While many religions feature a belief in personal salvation, millennial faiths involve the expectation that salvation will be accomplished foran entire group by a superhuman agent,with or without human collaboration. While the term "millennialism" is drawn from Christianity, it is a category that is used to study religious expressions in diverse cultures, religious traditions, and historical periods. Sometimes, as with the American Millerite movement, millennialism expressesitself benignly. Other times, as in the Branch Davidians' showdown with the FBI in Waco, these movements turn violent. This handbook will offer readers an in-depth look at both the theoretical underpinnings of the study of millennialism and its many manifestations across history and cultures. The book will begin with a section that lays out the four different types of millennialism and will then move on to examine millennialism in a wide variety of places and times, from ancient millennialmovements to modern apocalyptic movements. This handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars of religious studies, sociology, psychology, history, andnew religious movements. ContributorsINTRODUCTION1. Millennialism in Cross-Cultural PerspectiveCatherine WessingerMILLENNIALISM: PRIMARY CATEGORIES AND HISTORIES2. Catastrophic Millennialism: Expecting Cataclysmic Transition to a Collective SalvationEugene V. Gallagher3. Progressive Millennialism: Perfecting Society in the Millennial FutureW. Michael Ashcraft4. Avertive Apocalypticism: Using Spiritual Techniques to Prevent Worldly CatastropheDaniel Wojcik5. Nativist Millennialism: Responses to InvasionJean E. RosenfeldISSUES RELATING TO MILLENNIALISM6. Charismatic Leadership in Millennial Movements: Its Nature, Origins and DevelopmentLorne L. Dawson7. Reading the Signs: Millennialism, Scripture and TraditionEugene V. Gallagher8. Prophetic Failure in Millennial MovementsLorne L. Dawson9. Gender Roles, Sexuality and Children in Millennial MovementsMelissa M. Wilcox10. Millennial Visions and Conflict with Society: Lessons from the Twelve Tribes, The Family International, and the Branch DavidiansDavid G. Bromley and Catherine Wessinger11. Millennialism and Violence: Fragile Millennial CommunitiesJohn WallissMILLENNIALISM IN CROSS-HISTORICAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVENascent Monotheistic and Monotheistic Traditions12. Ancient Near Eastern MillennialismRobert Gnuse13. They Shall Reign with Him a Thousand Years: Ancient Jewish and Early Christian MillennialismJames D. Tabor14. Early Islamic and Classical Sunni and Shi'ite Apocalyptic MovementsDavid Cook15. European Millennialism from A to Zvi: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Apocalyptic DialogueRebecca MooreAsian Millennial Movements16. Chinese Millennial MovementsScott Lowe17. Millennialism in KoreaRobert Pearson Flaherty18. Japanese Millennial MovementsHelen Hardacre19. Millenarian Elements in the Hindu Religious TraditionsHugh B. UrbanMillennialism in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific20. Millennial and Apocalyptic Movements in Africa: From Neo-Traditionals toNeo- PentecostalsRosalind I. J. Hackett21. Millennialism in the CaribbeanBarry Chevannes22. Pacific Millennial MovementsGarry W. TrompfNineteenth-, Twentieth-, and Twenty-first-century Millennial Movements23. Native American Geopolitical, Georestorative MovementsMichelene Pesantubbee24. Babi and Baha'i MillennialismPeter Smith and William P. Collins25. ''The Kingdom of God Is at Hand'': Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century American MillennialismsJon R. Stone26. Christian DispensationalismGlenn W. Shuck27. National Socialist MillennialismDavid Redles28. Modern Catholic Millennialism Massimo Introvigne29. New Age Millennialism: Progressive and Catastrophic Visions of Global Transformation Phillip Charles Lucas30. UFOs, ETs and the Millennial ImaginationRobert Pearson Flaherty 31. Dreams Wrapped in Nightmares: Millennium, Apocalypse and American Popular CultureDouglas E. Cowan32. Environmental MillennialismRobin Globus and Bron TaylorMillennialism and Contemporary National and International Conflicts33. Millennialism on the Radical Right in America Michael Barkun 34. Radical Movements in Contemporary Judaism in Israel: From Progressive to Catastrophic MillennialismYaakov Ariel35. Millennialism and Radical Islamist Movements Jeffrey T. Kenney36. Millennial Glossary Compiled by Catherine Wessinger 37. Index of Millennial Groups and MovementsIndex
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