Millennialism with and without the mayhem

Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 52-59

  Wessinger, Catherine ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203613207-9     Document Type: Chapter

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