Glen S. McGhee, Boston University, and Stephen D. O’Leary, University of Southern California

'Millennialism and Society is a publishing project that is as bold as it is admirable. It combines a meticulous scholarly approach with ethical and political awareness. In a world haunted and endangered by apocalyptic visions of every kind, this series will surely contribute to a better sense of what we face and who we are.' Robert Jay Lifton, M.D., Lecturer in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/Cambridge Health Alliance, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of New York

• Series Editor Introduction - Brenda E. Brasher; Introduction and Overview - Stephen D. O'Leary and Glen S. McGhee; Part I - Core Ideas of Millennial Theory; 1. Charters of Righteousness: Politics, Prophets and the Drama of Conversion -- Ted Daniels; 2. Roosters Crow, Owls Hoot: On the Dynamics of Apocalyptic Millennialism -- Richard Landes; 3. The Millennium and Narrative Closure -- Cathy Gutierrez; 4. Four Stages in the Life of a Millennial Movement -- Albert I. Baumgarten; Part II - Approaches to Millennial History; 5. The Beginnings of Islam as an Apocalyptic Movement - David Cook; 6. Before and Beyond the Sioux Ghost Dance: Native American Prophetic Movements and the Study of Religion - Joel W. Martin; 7. 'The Day is not Far Off...' :The Millennial Reich and the Induced Apocalypse - David Redles; 8. Theorizing Radical Islam in Northern Nigeria -- Rosalind I. J. Hackett; 9. Postmodernity and the Imagination of the Apocalypse: A Study of Genre -- Marc Fonda; Part III - Millennial Hopes, Apocalyptic Disappointments; 10. The Deflating Power of Progress: A Nietzschean View of the Millennial Promise of Science -- John R. Turner; 11. A Cultural History of Dissonance Theory -- Glen S. McGhee; 12. A Cusp Catastrophe Model of Cult Conversions - Leslie L. Downing; 13. The Retreat of the Millennium -- Damian Thompson; 14. The Menace of Media-Driven Public Credulity: Will a Distorted Faith Now Win Out? -- Daniel C. Noel; 15. From Ground Zero: Thoughts on Apocalyptic Violence and the New Terrorism -- Charles B. Strozier