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Mark Thompson - The History of a Modern Millennial Movement: The Southcottians - 9781784538460 - V9781784538460
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The History of a Modern Millennial Movement: The Southcottians

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Description for The History of a Modern Millennial Movement: The Southcottians Hardcover. A feverish expectation of the end of the world seems an unlikely accompaniment to middle-class respectability. Editor(s): Shaw, Jane; Lockley, Philip; Quilliam, Neil; Thompson, Mark. Series: IBT STDs in Propecy, Apocalypse and Millenialism. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 integrated illustrations with a 16 page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1MBF; BGX; HBLL; HRCZ; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
A feverish expectation of the end of the world seems an unlikely accompaniment to middle-class respectability. But it was precisely her interest in millennial thinking that led Jane Shaw to a group of genteel terraced townhouses in the English county town of Bedford. Inside their unassuming grey-brick exteriors Shaw found something extraordinary. For here, within the 'Ark', lived two members of the Panacea Society, last survivors of the remaining Southcottian prophetic communities in Britain. And these individuals were the heirs to a rich archive charting not just their own apocalyptic sect, but also the histories of the many groups and ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
IBT STDs in Propecy, Apocalypse and Millenialism
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784538460
SKU
V9781784538460
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About Mark Thompson
Jane Shaw is Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University. She is the author of Miracles in Enlightenment England (2006) and of Octavia, Daughter of God: The Story of a Female Messiah and Her Followers (2011), for which she won the San Francisco Book Festival History Prize. Philip Lockley is a member of the Department ... Read more

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