Waiting for antichrist

Thompson, Damian, 1962-

Waiting for antichrist charisma and apocalypse in a Pentecostal church / [electronic resource] : Damian Thompson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - 1 online resource (216 p.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-207) and index.

The problem of the end -- Pentecostalism and the end times -- Kensington Temple -- Living with the end -- Millenarians -- The year 2000 -- Conclusions.

Damian Thompson looks at the members of one religious group with a strong apocalyptic tradition, Kensington Temple, a large Pentecostal church in London, & attempts to understand how they reconcile doctrines of the end of the world with the demands of their everyday lives.

9780198039709 (electronic bk.) 0198039700 (electronic bk.)


Millennialism.
Pentecostal churches--Doctrines.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Eschatology.


Electronic books.

BT892 / .T46 2005eb

236/.9/08828994