Description: A comprehensive and transdisciplinary collection of current research on apocalypticism and millennialism
Brief description: Andrew Crome is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
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"The study of apocalyptic ideas and millennial groups has a long history in Religious Studies, yet somehow always seems to remain highly topical. The Handbook of Millennialism and Apocalypticism demonstrates this with chapters on pop culture and contemporary social issues sitting alongside more traditional case studies. With sections devoted to intersections with different traditions, themes, temporal forms and theoretical approaches, this book will be a go-to for the classroom, whatever the future holds." --David G. Robertson, The Open University, UK
"The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism is a timely post-pandemic volume that charts the multifaceted and rapidly evolving discourses of apocalypse. Moving beyond theological or Eurocentric traditions, this stimulating collection offers comparative and interdisciplinary perspectives that will prove invaluable in helping researchers reimagine the field's epistemic boundaries." --Stephen Joyce, Aarhus University, Denmark "The scholarly authors of the chapters of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism present illuminating, up-to-date case studies and theoretical analysis. Together the chapters represent major contributions that should be read and considered by scholars in the ongoing study of apocalypticism and millennialism." --Catherine Wessinger, Vernon Gregson Professor of Religious Studies, Loyola University New Orleans, USA "This volume is of enormous intellectual value, offering what few collections manage to achieve, namely impressive empirical breadth and, at the same time, striking analytical depth. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Apocalypticism and Millennialism is a timely intervention, allowing scholars and students alike to approach the themes of world endings and new beginnings with fresh insight and renewed vigour." --Joseph Webster, Professor of the Anthropology of Religion, University of Cambridge, UK