The Disappointed: Millerism and Millenarianism in the Nineteenth Century

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Ronald L. Numbers, Jonathan M. Butler
Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1993 - History - 249 pages
William Miller based his prediction of the second coming of Christ and the end of the world "about the year 1843" on a Biblical prophecy in the book of Daniel. Miller's proclamation fostered several new religious movements, including Seventh-day Adventists.



The millennial myth in Amercan life, as manifested in Millerism, has proven so resilient that some scholars have come to consider it central to the nation's self-understanding. The 1984 conference on "Millerism and the Millenarian Mind in 19th Century America," from which this volume resulted, marked a new direction in Millerite studies, bringing together for the first time both Adventist and non-Adventist scholars interested in critically evaluating the Millerite experience and its place in American history.

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Contents

A Shadow Portrait I
1
Disappointed Prophet
17
Joshua V Himes and the Cause of Adventism
36
The Millerite Adventists in Great Britain
73
A Study of Religious
92
Millerism and Evangelical Culture
119
The AbolitionistMillerite Connection
139
John Humphrey Noyes and the Rise of Millerism
153
Had Prophecy Failed? Contrasting Perspectives
173
Millerism
189
The Disappointment Remembered
209
The Disappointment Experienced
227
CONTRIBUTORS
241
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