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millenarianism

/ ˌmɪlɪˈnɛərɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

  1. Christianity the belief in a future millennium following the Second Coming of Christ during which he will reign on earth in peace: based on Revelation 20:1–5
  2. any belief in a future period of ideal peace and happiness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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For instance, U.S. religious and cultural traditions are steeped with millenarianism, which focuses on prophecies and apocalypses.

The museum’s emphasis on dispensational millenarianism means that it’s long on images of despair and judgment and short on depictions of Jesus’ love.

My old friend’s new approach blends Salafism and millenarianism, a lethal combination.

As a final-year student I had read his groundbreaking book on millenarianism and anti-colonialism, The Trumpet Shall Sound, and it became one of the two or three books that convinced me to become a sociologist.

A crude millenarianism developed itself early; a cloudy theory of atonement found favor; for the rest, conjecture, it was little more, dwelt contentedly within the confines of rabbinical lore.

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