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OXFORD HANDBOOK OF MILLENNIALISM IBD

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
07 / 2016
9780190611941
Inglés

Sinopsis

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.