Millennial violence past, present, and future

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kaplan, Jeffrey, 1954- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Portland, OR. : F. Cass 2002.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cass series on political violence ; 13.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b40510712*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Project Megiddo / FBI (United States)
  • Doomsday religious movements / Canadian security intelligence service
  • Events at the end of the millennium: possible implications for the public order in Jerusalem / Ehud Sprinzak [and others]
  • Project Megiddo, the FBI and the academic community / Michael Barkun
  • Questioning the frame: the Canadian, Israeli and US reports / Eugene Gallagher
  • Ten comments on watching closely the gaps between beliefs and actions / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
  • Spectres and shadows: Aum Shinrikyô and the road to Megiddo / Ian Reader
  • Apocalypse, not in Finland. Millenarianism and the expectations of the eve of the year 2000 / Leena Malkki
  • Cult and anticult totalism: reciprocal escalation and violence / Dick Anthony, Thomas Robbins, and Steven Barrie-Anthony
  • What happens when Jesus doesn't come: Jewish and Christian relations in apocalyptic time / Richard Landes
  • Medieval apocalypticism, millennialism and violence / E. Randolph Daniel.