Cargo Cults and Millenarian Movements : Transoceanic Comparisons of New Religious Movements / G. W. Trompf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Trompf, G. W., editor.

Series:

Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 29.

Religion and Society ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cargo cults--Comparative studies.

Cargo cults.

Millennialism--Comparative studies.

Millennialism.

Adventists--Comparative studies.

Adventists.

Nativistic movements--Comparative studies.

Nativistic movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2012

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Cargo Cults and Millenarian Movements".

Contents:

Frontmatter

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Plates

List of Figures. List of maps

FOREWORD / Turner, Harold W.

INTRODUCTION

The Pacific Circle

Chapter One. The Cargo and the Millennium on both sides of the Pacific / Trompf, Garry

White America and the Western World

Chapter Two. The Americanization of Adam / Bracht, John

Chapter Three. Esoteric Adventism: three esoteric Christian Adventist Movements of the first half of the Twentieth Century / Tillett, Gregory

Melanesia and Eastern Indonesia

Chapter Four. Journeys of Transformation: the Discovery and Disclosure of Cosmic Secrets in Melanesia / Lacey, Roderic

Chapter Five. The Cultivation of Surprise and Excess / Gesch, Patrick

Chapter Six. Knowledge of Cargo, Knowledge of Cult: Truth and Power on Tanna, Vanuatu / Lindstrom, Lamont

Chapter Seven. Spirit Movements in Timor / Brookes, Graham

Black America and Africa

Chapter Eight. One Love - One Heart - One Destiny / Faith, Karlene

Chapter Nine. The Black Muslims in American Society: from Millenarian Protest to Trans-Continental Relationships / Walker, Dennis

Chapter Ten. On Wearing the Victor's Uniforms and Replacing their Churches / Ngavirue, Zedekiah

Select Bibliography

Notes on Contributors

Index

Backmatter

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-428) and index.

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ISBN:

9783110874419

3110874415

OCLC:

979586723