Encyclopedia of Millennialism and Millennial Movements

“All of the major world religions, with the exception of Hinduism, began as millennial movements. They have been a common form of social protest and a mechanism for seeking social change.” These two statements by the blurb writer had me gasping at their audacity. I breathed a little more easily when it was expained that this encyclopedia “is a guide to the religious or spiritual social movements throughout history and around the world that have promised to create a better world or usher in a new one”. Phew!, and there was I thinking that “millennial” was something to do with...