Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Mlllennial Movements

864 Pages·2006·8.13 MB·English

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
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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.)
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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