Millennial violence : past, present and future / / edited by Jeffrey Kaplan

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Portland, OR : , : F. Cass : , : Routledge, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (333 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.3/2
• Soggetto topico: Violence - Religious aspects; Two thousand, A.D; Millennialism
• Altri autori: KaplanJeffrey <1954->
• Note generali: First appeared as ... a special issue of Terrorism and political violence, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2002)--title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Introduction Jeffrey Kaplan 1 -- MILLENNIUM-RELATED SECURITY REPORTS -- Project Megiddo FBI (United States) 27 -- Doomsday Religious Movements Canadian Security -- Intelligence Service 53 -- Events at the End of the Millennium: Ehud Sprinzak, -- Possible Implications for the Ya 'akov Ariel, Uri Ne'eman -- Public Order in Jerusalem and Amnon Ramon 61 -- SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS OF THE THREE MILLENNIUM REPORTS -- Project Megiddo, the FBI and the Academic Community Michael Barkun 97 -- Questioning the Frame: The Canadian, Israeli and US Reports Eugene Gallagher 109 -- Ten Comments on Watching Closely the Gaps Between Beliefs and Actions Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi 123 -- WIDER ISSUES IN THE MILLENNIUM DEBATE -- Spectres and Shadows: Aum Shinrikyo and the Road to Megiddo lan Reader 147 -- Apocalypse - Not in Finland. Millenarianism and Expectations on the Eve of the Year 2000 Leena Malkki 187 -- Cult and Anticult Totalism: Dick Anthony, -- Reciprocal Escalation and Thomas Robbins -- Violence and Steven Barrie-Anthony 211 -- THE MEDIEVAL CONTEXT -- What Happens when Jesus Doesn't Come: Jewish and Christian Relations in Apocalyptic Time Richard Landes 243 -- Medieval Apocalypticism, Millennialism and Violence E. Randolph Daniel 275 -- Abstracts 301.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume encompasses an array of material exploring the millennium phenomenon and the violent excitement it provokes. Consisting of three core parts, the book combines pertinent documents with insightful commentary and discussion.
• Titolo autorizzato: Millennial violence
• ISBN: 1-135-31633-3; 0-7146-8259-4; 1-315-04016-6; 1-135-31626-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813444603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II