Approaching the apocalypse : a short history of Christian millenarianism

Approaching the apocalypse : a short history of Christian millenarianism / John M. Court.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Court, John M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008.
Subjects:	Millennialism > History. Eschatology. Second Advent. Millennium (Eschatology)
Online Access:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description Table of contents only

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The roots of the idea
The biblical basis
The return of Christ
Millenarians among the church fathers
Apocalypse then : the year 1000
Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202 CE)
The Black Death and other plagues
Apocalypse and civil war (1500 CE and after)
Edward Irving (1792-1834 CE) and the Catholic Apostolic movement
Across the pond
Joanna Southcott (1750-1814 CE) and her followers
J.J. Jezreel : the trumpeter and his tower
An Anglican Israel at the end of time : the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury
'Somewhere a place for us' : modern utopias
Christian missions and the cargo cults
Figures of the Messiah : David Koresh and the Waco siege
'Apocalypse now' : celebrating the millennium on or after 2000 CE.