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"Millenarian movements" as a book category covers religious, political, and social movements that anticipate an imminent, radical transformation of society—often framed as a forthcoming utopian age, apocalypse, or reign of a messiah—and the beliefs, practices, leaders, and conflicts that arise around those expectations. Works in this category examine prophetic texts and interpretations, charismatic leadership, communal experiments, rituals and symbolism, mobilization strategies, and the social consequences of millenarian hopes (from peaceful reform to violent confrontation). Interdisciplinary in scope, the category includes historical case studies (e.g., the Millerites, Taiping, cargo cults), contemporary analyses of new religious movements and political apocalypticism, and theoretical treatments from sociology, anthropology, history, and theology that explore how expectations of abrupt, total change shape communities and cultures.

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