Guesses, Goofs & Prophetic Failures: What to Think When the World Doesn't End Book

Contents

Foreword....................7
Introduction....................9
PART ONE: WHAT IS APOCALYPTICISM?....................17
PART TWO: WHEN IS THE DATE OF THE END?....................75
The Bar Kochba Revolt....................76
Montanism....................80
Sefer Zerubbabel and the Continuation of Jewish Apocalypticism....................85
Year 1000 "Predictions"....................90
Pope Innocent III and the Crusades....................95
Hans Hut and the Anabaptists....................99
Apocalyptic Thought in America....................103
The Shakers....................104
The Millerites....................108
Jehovah's Witnesses....................115
Jonestown....................119
Hal Lindsey and The Late Great Planet Earth....................124
David Koresh and Waco....................128
(Spaceship) Apocalypses....................136
Year 2000-Related Apocalypses....................148
Harold Camping and Family Radio....................157
Maya Long Count Calendar....................163
PART THREE: WHEN THE WORLD DOESN'T END....................169
Conclusion: It's the End of the World! Or Maybe Not?....................193
Bibliography....................199