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Title: Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium

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Paperback, 2000

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Language:        English

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Length:        303 Pages
Weight:        1.1 Pounds
Height:         8.5 Inches
Width:          5.8 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



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The idea for writing this book took shape on April 19, 1993, when at least seventy-four people lost their lives in the conflagration near Waco, Texas, and it became clear that the followers of David Koresh and the federal agents outside his compound inhabited two different conceptual worlds. Indeed, neither journalists nor law-enforcement experts nor the public seemed aware that there is a rich tradition of messianic, revolutionary politics behind groups like Koresh's, a history that stretches back unbroken to the Middle Ages. In this fascinating study, two historians explore and explain that tradition, showing how the beliefs of many fringe, distressed, disenfranchised, or purely mystical Christians have been transmitted across a millennium. Messianic Revolution offers a strong and lucid explanation of why and how this apocalyptic strain found especially fertile ground in the New World, and it throws new light on the many strands of biblical interpretation, both Jewish and Christian, that are woven into this complex, fascinating history.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium and it was written by Richard H. Popkin, David S. Katz. This edition of Messianic Revolution: Radical Religious Politics to the End of the Second Millennium is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is April 1999 and it has a suggested retail price of $26. There are 303 pages in the book and it was published by Hill & Wang Pub. The 10 digit ISBN is 0809068850 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780809068852. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.