The Disappointed: Millerism and Millenarianism in the Nineteenth CenturyRonald L. Numbers, Jonathan M. Butler 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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