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As the world rushes toward the year 2000, millennialism?the belief that human history is near its end?is on the rise. In this far-reaching, well-considered work, Lamy, a sociology professor at Castleton College in Vermont, shines a floodlight on white supremacists, far-right paramilitias, apocalyptic cults, antigovernment zealots and other extremists who embrace millennialism and who, he cautions, are a growing danger to American society through their belief that the proper response to the coming apocalypse is "survivalism" through preparation for battle against the forces of evil. Through interviews with dozens of survivalists, he delves into Christian Identity, a quasi-religious movement preaching racism, anti-Semitism and antigovernment militancy, that provides a unifying theology for the Aryan Nations, the Ku Klux Klan, the Montana Freemean, skinheads and neo-Nazis. Lamy digs deeply into the roots of millennialism, tracing its evolution throughout the Christian era and exploring how latter-day survivalists misappropriate and pervert ancient Christian and Hebrew apocalyptic doctrines. He traces survivalist influence on media, through an insightful discussion of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the phenomenon of war games. Finally, he widens his focus to place extremist survivalism within a broad spectrum of millennialism that encompasses Mormonism, Zionism, Rastafarianism and Christian fundamentalism. "The flames of the millennial rage," Lamy concludes, "are fanned by widespread, fast-moving social and cultural changes." Given that the pace of these changes is only increasing, most readers will likely conclude, as Lamy does in this perceptive work, that even though the year 2000 will roll by, millennialism and its attendant dangers may be with us for a long time to come.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Lamy (sociology, Castleton State) goes beyond the current Armageddon/race-war/survivalist mania to examine in depth almost every perennial eruption of the weed of doomsday prophecy (rooted in the soil of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and particularly John of Patmos's Book of Revelation) throughout Occidental history. Lamy's subjects include the followers of Jesus of Nazareth and Paul of Tarsus; the Phrygian Montanus and his numerous but eventually excommunicated disciples; the Anglo-Israelite Movement; the Millerites (now Jehovah's Witnesses); and the English Puritans. However, the bulk of the work explores the contemporary Neo-Nazi, skinhead, survivalist, and white supremacist movements. Some minor reservations notwithstanding, e.g., Lamy presents his studies of past Armageddon preparations in no special chronological order and misrepresents Ridley Scott's film The Blade Runner, this unquestionably well-wrought, engaging, and scrupulously documented work, both perceptive and detailed, belongs on the shelves of most public and academic libraries.?Bill Piekarski, Southwestern Coll. Lib., Chula Vista, Cal.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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As the world rushes toward the year 2000, millennialism?the belief that human history is near its end?is on the rise. In this far-reaching, well-considered work, Lamy, a sociology professor at Castleton College in Vermont, shines a floodlight on white supremacists, far-right paramilitias, apocalyptic cults, antigovernment zealots and other extremists who embrace millennialism and who, he cautions, are a growing danger to American society through their belief that the proper response to the coming apocalypse is "survivalism" through preparation for battle against the forces of evil. Through interviews with dozens of survivalists, he delves into Christian Identity, a quasi-religious movement preaching racism, anti-Semitism and antigovernment militancy, that provides a unifying theology for the Aryan Nations, the Ku Klux Klan, the Montana Freemean, skinheads and neo-Nazis. Lamy digs deeply into the roots of millennialism, tracing its evolution throughout the Christian era and exploring how latter-day survivalists misappropriate and pervert ancient Christian and Hebrew apocalyptic doctrines. He traces survivalist influence on media, through an insightful discussion of Soldier of Fortune magazine and the phenomenon of war games. Finally, he widens his focus to place extremist survivalism within a broad spectrum of millennialism that encompasses Mormonism, Zionism, Rastafarianism and Christian fundamentalism. "The flames of the millennial rage," Lamy concludes, "are fanned by widespread, fast-moving social and cultural changes." Given that the pace of these changes is only increasing, most readers will likely conclude, as Lamy does in this perceptive work, that even though the year 2000 will roll by, millennialism and its attendant dangers may be with us for a long time to come.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Lamy (sociology, Castleton State) goes beyond the current Armageddon/race-war/survivalist mania to examine in depth almost every perennial eruption of the weed of doomsday prophecy (rooted in the soil of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and particularly John of Patmos's Book of Revelation) throughout Occidental history. Lamy's subjects include the followers of Jesus of Nazareth and Paul of Tarsus; the Phrygian Montanus and his numerous but eventually excommunicated disciples; the Anglo-Israelite Movement; the Millerites (now Jehovah's Witnesses); and the English Puritans. However, the bulk of the work explores the contemporary Neo-Nazi, skinhead, survivalist, and white supremacist movements. Some minor reservations notwithstanding, e.g., Lamy presents his studies of past Armageddon preparations in no special chronological order and misrepresents Ridley Scott's film The Blade Runner, this unquestionably well-wrought, engaging, and scrupulously documented work, both perceptive and detailed, belongs on the shelves of most public and academic libraries.?Bill Piekarski, Southwestern Coll. Lib., Chula Vista, Cal.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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