Introduction: Patterns of contemporary apocalypticism in North America

Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-27

  Robbins, Thomas ^c   Palmer, Susan J ^a,b  

^a DAWSON COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203613207-6     Document Type: Editorial

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