Oxford Handbook of Millennialism

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-061194-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 768 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1293 g

Christian Dispensationalism, the Taiping Revolution, cargo cults in Oceania, the Baha'i Faith, and the Raelian Movement would seem to have little in common. What they share, however, is a millennial orientation--the audacious human hope for a collective salvation, which may be heavenly or earthly or both. Although many religions feature a belief in personal salvation, millennial faiths are characterized by the expectation that salvation will be accomplished for an entire group by a superhuman agent, with or without human collaboration. 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 across history and cultures.

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, millennial expectations are expressed in peaceful ways. Other times, millennialists become involved in violence.

The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism begins with a section that examines four primary types of millennialism. Chapters in the next section examine key issues such as charismatic leadership, use of scripture, prophetic failure, gender roles, children, tension with society, and violence. The rest of the book explores millennialism in a wide variety of places and times, from ancient Near Eastern movements to contemporary apocalyptic and new age movements, including the roles played by millennialism in national and international conflicts. This handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars of religious studies, sociology, psychology, history, and new religious movements.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wessinger, Catherine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Contributors

- INTRODUCTION

- 1. Millennialism in Cross-Cultural Perspective

- Catherine Wessinger

- MILLENNIALISM: PRIMARY CATEGORIES AND HISTORIES

- 2. Catastrophic Millennialism: Expecting Cataclysmic Transition to a Collective Salvation

- Eugene V. Gallagher

- 3. Progressive Millennialism: Perfecting Society in the Millennial Future

- W. Michael Ashcraft

- 4. Avertive Apocalypticism: Using Spiritual Techniques to Prevent Worldly Catastrophe

- Daniel Wojcik

- 5. Nativist Millennialism: Responses to Invasion

- Jean E. Rosenfeld

- ISSUES RELATING TO MILLENNIALISM

- 6. Charismatic Leadership in Millennial Movements: Its Nature, Origins and Development

- Lorne L. Dawson

- 7. Reading the Signs: Millennialism, Scripture and Tradition

- Eugene V. Gallagher

- 8. Prophetic Failure in Millennial Movements

- Lorne L. Dawson

- 9. Gender Roles, Sexuality and Children in Millennial Movements

- Melissa M. Wilcox

- 10. Millennial Visions and Conflict with Society: Lessons from the Twelve Tribes, The Family International, and the Branch Davidians

- David G. Bromley and Catherine Wessinger

- 11. Millennialism and Violence: Fragile Millennial Communities

- John Walliss

- MILLENNIALISM IN CROSS-HISTORICAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE

- Nascent Monotheistic and Monotheistic Traditions

- 12. Ancient Near Eastern Millennialism

- Robert Gnuse

- 13. They Shall Reign with Him a Thousand Years: Ancient Jewish and Early Christian Millennialism

- James D. Tabor

- 14. Early Islamic and Classical Sunni and Shi'ite Apocalyptic Movements

- David Cook

- 15. European Millennialism from A to Zvi: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Apocalyptic Dialogue

- Rebecca Moore

- Asian Millennial Movements

- 16. Chinese Millennial Movements

- Scott Lowe

- 17. Millennialism in Korea

- Robert Pearson Flaherty

- 18. Japanese Millennial Movements

- Helen Hardacre

- 19. Millenarian Elements in the Hindu Religious Traditions

- Hugh B. Urban

- MILLENNIALISM IN AFRICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND THE PACIFIC

- 20. Millennial and Apocalyptic Movements in Africa: From Neo-Traditionals to Neo- Pentecostals

- Rosalind I. J. Hackett

- 21. Millennialism in the Caribbean

- Barry Chevannes

- 22. Pacific Millennial Movements

- Garry W. Trompf

- Nineteenth-, Twentieth-, and Twenty-first-century Millennial Movements

- 23. Native American Geopolitical, Georestorative Movements

- Michelene Pesantubbee

- 24. Babi and Baha'i Millennialism

- Peter Smith and William P. Collins

- 25. ''The Kingdom of God Is at Hand'': Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century American Millennialisms

- Jon R. Stone

- 26. Christian Dispensationalism

- Glenn W. Shuck

- 27. National Socialist Millennialism

- David Redles

- 28. Modern Catholic Millennialism

- Massimo Introvigne

- 29. New Age Millennialism: Progressive and Catastrophic Visions of Global Transformation

- Phillip Charles Lucas

- 30. UFOs, ETs and the Millennial Imagination

- Robert Pearson Flaherty

- 31. Dreams Wrapped in Nightmares: Millennium, Apocalypse and American Popular Culture

- Douglas E. Cowan

- 32. Environmental Millennialism

- Robin Globus and Bron Taylor

- MILLENNIALISM AND CONTEMPORARY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

- 33. Millennialism on the Radical Right in America

- Michael Barkun

- 34. Radical Movements in Contemporary Judaism in Israel: From Progressive to Catastrophic Millennialism

- Yaakov Ariel

- 35. Millennialism and Radical Islamist Movements

- Jeffrey T. Kenney

- 36. Millennial Glossary

- Compiled by Catherine Wessinger

- 37. Index of Millennial Groups and Movements

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Catherine Wessinger is Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J., Professor of the History of Religions at Loyola University New Orleans.