Milenarian Movements
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- Milenarian Movements - Peter Worsley
- Idea that Christ will return and rule for a thousand years
- Expect total and imminent transformation by supernatural means
- Appeal to the poor, promise improvement
- Example
- European colonialism led to economic exploitation, cultural and religious domination
- Local gods lose credibility when people are forced to work
- movements combined Christianity e.g. reward for suffering
- Pre-political - they use religious ideas but united native populations
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