Longing for the End: A History of Millennialism in Western Civilization
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Book Overview
Jonestown, Waco, and Heaven's Gate resonate in the contemporary mind in the same way that Masada or Mount Tabor resonated in the minds of others long past. The members of these movements believed that... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0312210922
ISBN13:9780312210922
Release Date:January 1999
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Length:286 Pages
Weight:2.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
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A Good Introduction
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Frederic J. Baumgartner offers a very readable introduction to the history of millennialism in the West. I have now read a fair number of such histories. What makes Baumgartner's different is that, apart from providing the familiar history (which touches on outbreaks of millennialism from the birth of Christianity through the Cold War and Waco), it offers lots of original observations along the way. Nitpickers will notice a few errors in dates or small facts in the book. Scholars of the history of millennialism may also quibble with Baumgartner's interpretation of particular periods and events. However, on the whole, it's a strong and very accessible contribution.
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