
	Where results make sense

Topic: Millennialism

Related Topics

Premillennialism

Postmillennialism

Christian eschatology

End of the World

Book of Revelation

Presbyterian church governance

Congregationalist church governance

Messiah

Prelacy

Enlightenment (concept)

Brave New World

Maya calendar

Zoroastrianism

Kabbalah

Daniel

In the News (Sat 28 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Millennialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Millennialism (or chiliasm), from millennium, which literally means "thousand years", is primarily a belief expressed in some Christian denominations, and literature, that there will be a Golden Age or Paradise on Earth where "Christ will reign" prior to the final judgment and future eternal state, primarily derived from the book of Revelation 20:1-6.
		Millennial sects have typically believed that the transition from the present age to the millennium would be anything but smooth, with the Antichrist having to be defeated and Jesus' reign on earth having to be established.
		Millennial social movements are a specific form of Millenarianism that are based on some concept of a one thousand year cycle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Millennialism (2255 words)

	Millennialism
		Millennialism (or Chiliasm) in Christian theology, literature and folk religion, is a belief not universally held by Christians, that history will end with a Golden Age, a Paradise on earth when universal peace will reign, when all of the inhabitants will dwell in prosperity and the cosmos will be healed.
		Millennial sects typically have believed that the transition from the present to the millennium would be anything but smooth, what with the Antichrist having to be defeated and Jesus Christ's reign on earth having to be established.
		Millennialism places hope in the future realization of an idyllic[?] state of affairs lost to mankind, dimly remembered or constantly dreamt of, but romantically hoped to be not beyond the possibility of attainment, just as utopianism does.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Chiliasm.html (1480 words)

	catastrophic millennialism
		Catastrophic millennialism has existed for several thousand years, and will continue as a religious pattern past the 2000 date that is exciting religious imaginations, because it appeals to the perennial human desire to achieve permanent well-being that is at the heart of the religious quest.
		The millennial kingdom is a promise of the transcendence of life’s suffering and the attainment of total well-being.
		Catastrophic millennialism, as with other forms of millennialism, is religious, because it involves an "ultimate concern," which can be defined as "a concern which is more important than anything else in the universe for the person [or the group] involved" (Baird 1971).
	www.loyno.edu /~wessing/law/Encyclopedia/2.catastrophic.html (1227 words)

	progressive millennialism
		Progressive millennialism is a millennial perspective that is optimistic about human nature and the possibility of the currently imperfect human society to get better.
		The millennialism articulated by Pope John Paul II in response to the approach of the year 2000 was a progressive millennialism.
		More case studies are needed of progressive millennial groups and movements to understand this religious pattern more fully, and to determine its possible relation to the potential for either violence, or social amelioration and personal spiritual cultivation.
	www.loyno.edu /~wessing/law/Encyclopedia/3.progressive.html (625 words)

	MILLENNIALISM (MILLENARIANISM, CHILIASM)
		And unlike the previous cases of a millennial date’s advent, chronographers were unable to shift the chronlogy and avoid mentioning the apocalyptic date (Landes, 1988).
		Nor was the 17th century limited to Christian millennialism: 1666 saw the climax of the most widespread millennial movement in the history of Judaism, with the career of Shabbetai Zvi, whose messianic message ignited communities in both Muslim and Christian lands (Sholem).
		In the meantime, millennialism, with its power to fire the imagination and elicit passionate emotions, to move great numbers to extraordinary deeds of self-sacrifice, social creativity and destructiveness, may be one of the most protean social and religious forces in the history of civilization.
	www.mille.org /people/rlpages/millennialism-mw-encyl.html (5427 words)

	MILLENNIALISM IN THE EARLY CHURCH
		One of the most striking features in the eschatology of the post-apostolic age is the prominent millennialism, or the belief in a visible reign of Christ on earth with the saints for a thousand years, followed by the general resurrection and judgment.
		Millennial views were based on a very literalistic approach, often arising in times of crisis or persecution, or as a reaction to secularism, Greek philosophy, or Gnostic speculation.
		Irenaeus, whose own millennial expectations were inspired by Papias, claimed that Papias' writings contained a vivid description of a millennial kingdom, in which the risen saints would enjoy the vastly increased bounty of the earth (Against Heresies 5.33.3-4).
	www.lessonsonline.info /MillennialismEarly.htm (4126 words)

	Millenarianism
		Similarly, the word millennialism is used to describe beliefs about an imminent apocalypse, the salvation of the world, or the creation of an earthly paradise.
		Millennial beliefs are also an important part of the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, better known as Mormonism.
		A final factor that led to a new millennial interpretation was the conversion of the Emperor Constantine the Great and the adoption of Christianity as the favored Imperial religion.
	mb-soft.com /believe/text/millenar.htm (6196 words)

	Sociology of Religion: Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases - Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In this fascinating volume, the mission of the editor is to shed light on the enigma of the violent eruptions occurring in millennial religions and political movements.
		Wessinger's introduction describes a typology of millennial groups associated with violent episodes: assaulted groups (perceived by society as deviant, threatening, hence are victimized); fragile groups (who resort to violence as a means to preserve or fullfill their spiritual goals); and revolutionary groups (who espouse utopian theories that legitimate violence).
		Another interesting exception to Wessinger's early model is found in Gallagher's timely study, where he argues that Koresh millennial theory, although of the "catastrophic" type doctrinally, despite the pressure tactics of the BATF and FBI, consistently hoped for a peaceful exit from Mount Carmel.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0SOR/is_3_62/ai_79353393 (333 words)

	Millennialism Properly Defined
		Millennialism is the belief in a future time of peace and holiness on earth.
		Millennialism, properly defined, is the belief that Christ will return twice: once, after the tribulation, and again, much later, for the general Resurrection, with a long period of peace and holiness between the two returns.
		True millennialism is based on a clear and correct interpretation of Scripture, one which has always been understood by some members of the faithful throughout the history of the Church.
	www.catholicplanet.com /articles/article126.htm (5805 words)

	HISTORY OF MILLENNIALISM
		Specifically it is used by premillennialist to refer to the millennial reign of Christ upon the earth after the Rapture of the saints.
		Some have interpreted these writings to imply a millennial period upon the earth, yet the majority of these writing are not specific on this point.
		The Millennial Harbinger was begun in anticipation of this golden age.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/9170/YORK1.HTM (3819 words)

	American Millennialism and The Crater
		But Cotton also suggests that a rare opportunity exists for a national gathering of churches to actually serve as the millennial nation if those churches are found to be sufficiently regenerate upon the commencement of the millennium, at that moment when the Jews are converted, the Antichrist destroyed, and Satan bound.
		If no earthly gathering of churches is sufficiently purified, however, the millennial nation will be shaped by the hand of God and populated by those scattered saints who were allowed to pass individually into the millennium.
		As American Puritan millennial theology was adapted to serve the needs of an increasingly diverse American population with increasingly secular concerns, the apocalyptic consummation of all earthly things required by St. John was the first to go.
	external.oneonta.edu /cooper/articles/suny/1989suny-hales.html (3910 words)

	Talk:Millennialism at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		I've restructured it, retaining all of the original material, with the intention of presenting the definition of Millennialism preceding instead of following the comparative religion analysis.
		But, you may not agree with me that the material at the end could be deleted, and replaced with a more brief summary and link to Utopianism.
		On 2 February 2004 an anonymous contributor edited the Millennialism article (which had not been edited for more than a year) and changed it considerably.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Talk:Millennialism.html (597 words)

	Millennialism And Social Theory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		By tying a vision of victory in history to the doctrine that the Bible offers specific answers to social problems, a new movement has begun to capture the minds of a generation of Christian activists.
		In Millennialism and Social Theory, Dr. Gary North, co-founder of this movement, examines why both pre-millennialism and amillennialism have never developed independent social theories, and why the spokesmen of both positions appeal to the prevailing ethics of contemporary humanism as the only possible way to run society.
		Millennialism and Social Theory presents a detailed critical account of how and why Protestant evangelicalism has retreated from the battlefields on which the war for modern man is being fought.
	freebooks.entrewave.com /freebooks/docs/2142_47e.htm (1103 words)

	Millenarianism in Modern Iranian History
		Millennialism has had an especially significant career in Iran, which is all the more appropriate insofar as there is a sense in which ancient Iranians were among the first to invent and combine many of the basic motifs that go into this particular sort of movement.
		Rather, I see millennialism as a set of premises, conventions and ways of reasoning, which are analogous to a genre in literature, with the motifs representing the equivalent of specific techniques to naturalize this symbolic and political form of culture and social action.
		Their praxis was tribal warfare, seeking first a jihad state in the Caucasus where they sought to subdue Georgians and others, and then embarking on the conquest of Iran, on which Isma`il imposed a high bureaucracy headed by Türkmen officials and staffed by Persian scribes taken over from pre-Safavid states.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~jrcole/bahai/2003/millen2.htm (11833 words)

	From Nebuchadnezzar to Negroponte: Three Millennia of Millennialism
		But millennialism is more usefully defined a bit differently, as a sense that the world will undergo some sort of revolutionary transformation for the better at some point in time (not necessarily but sometimes measured in chronological units of, for example, 1000 years).
		Norman Cohn, the father of millennial studies, has called Joachim "The inventor of a new prophetic system, which was to be the most influential one known to Europe until the appearance of Marxism." It is certainly true that Joachim’s notion of three successive ages has seen many reincarnations.
		This use of the word "millennial" is neither religious nor scientific, but content-less, merely replacing the phrase "new and improved." But there is one important strand of religio-scientific millennialism still around, and that is the scientific strand.
	www.albany.edu /offcourse/fall99/millenniumbis.html (8042 words)

	PublicEye.org - Apocalyptic Millennialism
		Millennialism: A sense of expectation that a significant epochal transformation is imminent, marking either the end of a thousand year period, or signal its beginning, or both.
		If you are looking for an explanation of why so many on the Christian Right are so strong in their support of the state of Israel and its policies, this is a good place to start.
		The more we all discuss the issues of millennial expectation, apocalyptic thinking, and scapegoating, the more likely the outcome will be positive rather than negative.
	www.publiceye.org /tooclose/apoc.html (1869 words)

	Amazon.com: The Shadows and Lights of Waco: Millennialism Today.: Books: James D. Faubion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Based on more than five years of fieldwork, including extensive life-history interviews with Roden, Faubion interprets millennialism as a ''master-pedagogy.'' He reveals it as simultaneously a poetics, a rhetoric, a physics, an approach to history, a course of training, a gnosis, and an ethics.
		Millennialism resists the categories that both academic and popular analysts use to discuss religion by melding the sacred and secular, the spiritual and political, and the transcendental and commonsensical.
		In this respect, and in others, millennialism is a premodern pedagogy that has grown resolutely counter-modern.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691089981?v=glance (776 words)

	Alibris: Millennialism
		Millennial dreams, apocalyptic nightmares populated by agents of the Antichrist, space aliens, and acolytes of the New World Order fill this colorful study.
		Beyond the symbolic aura of the millennium, this excitation is fed by currents of unsettling social and cultural change.
		The "millennial myth" ingrained in American culture is continually generating new movements, which draw upon the myth...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Millennialism (1219 words)

	Sermon on Belgic Confession Article 37h (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		These views are the post millennial view; the pre-millennial view; and the a-millennial view.
		D A third position is known as a-millennialism.
		The a-millennial viewpoint is generally held by those of the Reformed/Presbyterian tradition.
	www.trinitycrc.org /BelgicSermons/37h.html (2253 words)

	The End Times (1) -- LCMS
		A dispensation is defined as "a period of time during which man is tested in respect to his obedience to some specific revelation of the will of God."[4] In each of these periods, a distinct revelation of God's will is dominant and tests mankind's obedience to God.
		The 1000 years of the millennial kingdom will be a time of social, political, and economic justice and great prosperity.
		The millennium is not understood to involve a visible reign of Christ in the form of an earthly monarchy, nor is the millennial period to be taken literally as necessarily 1000 years long.
	www.iclnet.org /pub/resources/text/wittenberg/mosynod/web/endtme-1.html (2295 words)

	Amazon.com: Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements (Religion and Society (Routledge)): Books: Richard ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The millennial aspects of established religions such as Islam, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and Roman Catholicism are also discussed, as well as such things as conversion, defilement, jubilee traditions, prophecy, rapture, salvation, and utopia.
		Editor Landes, an associate professor of medieval history at Boston University and director of the famed Center for Millennial Studies, is the author of such influential titles as Relics, Apocalypse, and the Deceits of History (1995) and a pioneer researcher in the emerging area of millennial studies.
		Information is quite current, with excellent articles on Y2K and Year 2000 celebrations as examples of contemporary millennial thinking and practice.This unique encyclopedia presents an inclusive summary of millennialism on the advent of the third millennium and is recommended for large public and academic libraries.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0415922461?v=glance (1339 words)

	Millennialism « Future « Society
		Center for Millennial Studies - News articles, scholarly research and other information from The Center for Millennial Studies (CMS) at Boston University, a project that is documenting the current millennium change and comparing it to previous ones in history.
		Millennia Consortium - A study on the effects of the new millennia to mankind.
		Millennial Information Exchange, The - An experimental project designed to create a mechanism for dialogue regarding the end of the world.
	www.localadsearch.com /Society/Future/Millennialism (515 words)

	Sunday Services : UU Church of Nashua
		For reasons I don't have time to get into here, the 1830s and 40s were a period of millennial and apocalyptic fervor--the Millerites being but one example.
		This 1000-year period would then be followed by the passing of this world itself into a "new heaven and a new earth." All of this was (and is) substantiated and foretold by a literal reading of the very bizarre imagery found in the Book of Revelation.
		Very few of them involve a date certain for the end of time, but at one point a Newsweek poll was cited in which 18% of Americans say they expect the end times to come in their lifetime.
	www.uunashua.org /sermons/millennialism.shtml (2772 words)

	Y2K: Millennialism
		The belief of many people that the Apocalypse will come in the year 2000 is based upon the millennial concept.
		Such beliefs may stem from the mention of the number 1000 in Revelation 20:2, as the length of time that Satan will be held captive.
		For a general overview of all types of Millennialism, as well as a very extensive description of different types of Premillennialism, visit Religious Tolerance.
	catholic-resources.org /Students/Y2K/millennialism.htm (232 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)