Understanding Contemporary Millenarian Violence

The last quarter of the twentieth century witnessed several incidents of collective violence involving millenarian/apocalyptic New Religious Movements. This article reviews the academic literature that has emerged over the last few decades on millenarian violence, focusing on the key recurring chara...

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1. VerfasserIn: Walliss, John (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 2007
In: Religion compass
Jahr: 2007, Band: 1, Heft: 4, Seiten: 498-511
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Zusammenfassung:The last quarter of the twentieth century witnessed several incidents of collective violence involving millenarian/apocalyptic New Religious Movements. This article reviews the academic literature that has emerged over the last few decades on millenarian violence, focusing on the key recurring characteristics and dynamics that have been highlighted by commentators as playing a significant role in both predisposing millenarian groups to volatility/violence, and also in precipitating these incidents of collective violence.
ISSN:1749-8171
Enthält:Enthalten in: Religion compass
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00030.x