Court, John M. <br/><br/>
Approaching the apocalypse  a short history of Christian millenarianism /  [electronic resource] : 
John M. Court. 
 - London ;  New York :  I.B. Tauris,  2008. 
 - xv, 232 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references ([219]-224) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- The roots of the idea -- The biblical basis -- The return of Christ -- Millenarians among the church fathers -- Apocalypse then : the year 1000 -- Joachim of Fiore (c. 1135-1202 CE) -- The Black Death and other plagues -- Apocalypse and civil war (1500 CE and after) -- Edward Irving (1792-1834 CE) and the Catholic Apostolic movement -- Across the pond -- Joanna Southcott (1750-1814 CE) and her followers -- J.J. Jezreel : the trumpeter and his tower -- An Anglican Israel at the end of time : the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury -- 'Somewhere a place for us' : modern utopias -- Christian missions and the cargo cults -- Figures of the Messiah : David Koresh and the Waco siege -- 'Apocalypse now' : celebrating the millennium on or after 2000 CE. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Millennialism--History.<br/>Eschatology--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Second Advent.<br/>Millennium (Eschatology)
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BT892  / .C68 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>2.36/.909