millenarian movement
C870
concept
A millenarian movement is a social or religious movement that anticipates an imminent, transformative end to the current world order and the establishment of a radically renewed, often utopian, era.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| millenarian movement canonical | 7 |
| Millerite movement event | 2 |
| anti-Christian movement | 2 |
| messianic movement | 2 |
| Christian millenarian movement | 1 |
| Islamic messianic movement | 1 |
| Melanesian religious movement | 1 |
| Rastafari order | 1 |
| Rastafarian doctrine | 1 |
| doomsday cult | 1 |
| early Christian prophetic movement | 1 |
| medieval social movement | 1 |
| radical religious movement | 1 |
| religious eschatological age | 1 |
| utopian community movement | 1 |
| world-renewal cult | 1 |
Instances (25)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Babi movement in Iran | messianic movement |
| Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster | radical religious movement |
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JehovahsWitnesses
surface form:
Jehovah's Witnesses
|
— |
| Taiping Heavenly Kingdom | — |
| Ghost Dance religious movement | — |
| Boxer Rebellion | anti-Christian movement |
| Great Cattle Killing of 1856–1857 | — |
| Russellite movement | Christian millenarian movement |
| Xhosa cattle-killing movement | — |
|
mappo (Latter Day of the Law)
surface form:
Mappo
|
religious eschatological age |
|
Haile Selassie I is divine
surface form:
"Haile Selassie I is divine"
|
Rastafarian doctrine |
| Nyabinghi order | Rastafari order |
|
Shaker
surface form:
Shakers
|
utopian community movement |
| New Prophecy | early Christian prophetic movement |
| 1844 Great Disappointment | Millerite movement event |
| Great Disappointment | Millerite movement event |
| Yihetuan Movement | anti-Christian movement |
| Eight Trigrams Uprising | — |
| Aum Shinrikyo | doomsday cult |
| Way of Supreme Peace | — |
| John Frum movement | Melanesian religious movement |
| Bábí movement | messianic movement |
| Bábí Faith | Islamic messianic movement |
| Lollardy | medieval social movement |
| Kuksu religion | world-renewal cult |