Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases

Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases
ISBN-10
0815628099
ISBN-13
9780815628095
Category
Millennialism
Pages
432
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Author
Catherine Wessinger

Description

In this book a cross-cultural and comparative volume, Catherine Wessinger reveal three patterns within millennial groups that are not mutually exclusive: assaulted millennial groups which are attacked by outsiders who fear and misunderstand the religion, fragile millennial groups that initiate violence to preserve the religious goal, and revolutionary millennial groups possessing an ideology that sanctions violece.

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