millenarism

Because of this, peasant movements would often express themselves in a form of religious millenarism c.f. the Peasant War in Germany or the Diggers and Levellers in 17th century England which would act as a substitute for the political and economic homogeneity that they so desperately lacked.

Marxism and the Indian Independent Struggle - 3 Part series Abhay N 2007

However, near the south transept there is a humble stone cross, as simple as it is strange, hiding amidst the greenery of the square ... whatever its age [late 17th/early 18th Cent], the HEndaye cross shows by the decoration of its pedestal that it is the strangest monument of primitive millenarism, the rarest symbolical translation of chiliasm***, which I have ever met.

FallNet - a pack of gnomes, trolls and gargoyles 1998

*** (Translator's note: millenarism, chiliasm, doctrine of belief in the millenium)

FallNet - a pack of gnomes, trolls and gargoyles 1998

But as the millenarism of the primitive Church gradually died out during the second century, the essential principles involved in it lost none of their hold on men's minds.

The Unseen World, and Other Essays 1876

But as the millenarism of the primitive Church gradually died out during the second century, the essential principles involved in it lost none of their hold on men's minds.

The Unseen World and Other Essays John Fiske 1871

The Tunisian revolt helps clarify a reality about Arab life: The terrorism we've seen over the past few years, with its utopian millenarism, doesn't stem from the real societies of the

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

The Tunisian revolt helps clarify a reality about Arab life: The terrorism we've seen over the past few years, with its utopian millenarism, doesn't stem from the real societies of the

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