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Apocalyptic Trajectories

Millenarianism and Violence in the Contemporary World

John Walliss (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2004
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-03910-290-7 (ISBN)

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This book aims to examine several religious groups holding millenarian or apocalyptic ideologies that have been involved in violent incidents over the last twenty-five years: Peoples Temple, The Branch Davidians, The Order of the Solar Temple, Heaven's Gate, Aum Shinrikyo, and the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. The work focuses particularly on their respective 'apocalyptic trajectories' - the key recurring issues and social processes that fostered the progressive acceptance of violence within each group's ideology, and ultimately helped to precipitate the use of force against the group's own members or against outsiders.

The Author: John Walliss is a lecturer in Sociology at Liverpool Hope University College. His research interests are situated broadly at the intersection of social theory and the sociology of religion. He has published works on several topics, including millenarianism within the Hindu New Religious Movement, the Brahma Kumaris; ‘fringe archaeology’; relationships between the living and the dead within contemporary Spiritualism; and the secularisation of weddings in the UK.

Contents: Thinking Sociologically about Millenarianism and Violence - Peoples Temple - The Branch Davidians - The Order of the Solar Temple and Heaven's Gate - Aum Shinrikyo - The African Jonestown? Making Sense of The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.

«...John Walliss has produced an important and nearly unique study.» (Thomas Robbins, Nova Religio)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.10.2004
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	400 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	Apocalyptic • Apokalyptik • Aum Shinrikyo • Contemporary • Gewalttätigkeit • Hardcover, Softcover / Soziologie/Soziologische Theorien • HC/Soziologie/Soziologische Theorien • Heaven's Gate • Heaven' s Gate • Heaven's Gate • Heavens Gate • John • Millenarianism • Peoples Temple • Religionsgemeinschaft • religious group • Solar Temple • the Branch Davidians • Trajectories • Violence • Walliss • World
ISBN-10	3-03910-290-7 / 3039102907
ISBN-13	978-3-03910-290-7 / 9783039102907
Zustand	Neuware