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This volume encompasses an array of material exploring the millennium phenomenon and the violent excitement it provokes. Consisting of three core parts, the book combines pertinent documents with insightful commentary and discussion.

Violence --- Two thousand, A.D. --- Millennialism. --- Amillennialism --- Chiliasm --- Millenarianism --- Millennianism --- Postmillennialism --- Premillennialism --- Dispensationalism --- Fundamentalism --- Millennium (Eschatology) --- 2000 A.D. --- Year 2000, A.D. --- Year two thousand, A.D. --- Twentieth century --- Twenty-first century --- Violence (in religion, folklore, etc.) --- Religious aspects. --- Moral and religious aspects --- violence - religious aspects --- 2000, A.D. --- millennialism --- terrorism --- political violence

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Linguistics and Law offers a clear and concise introduction to making sense of the law through linguistics. Drawing on lexical semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to interpret both written and spoken laws, this book: addresses how to interpret legal documents such as contracts, statutes, constitutional provisions and trademarks; provides thorough analyses of "language crimes" including solicitation,perjury, defamation,and conspiracy, as well as talk between police and criminal suspects; analyzesthe Miranda warning in depth; tackles the question of whether there is a "language" of the law; draws on real-life case studies to aid understanding. Written in an approachable, conversational style and aimed at undergraduate students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics or law, this book is essential reading for those approaching this topic for the first time.

Law --- Forensic linguistics --- Language. --- Interpretation and construction.

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Esoteric sciences --- Sociology of culture

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Religion --- Natural theology --- Théologie naturelle --- Encyclopedias --- Encyclopédies --- -Natural theology --- -241.65*7 --- Natural religion --- Theology, Natural --- Apologetics --- God --- Religion and science --- Theology --- Philosophy of nature --- Religion, Primitive --- Atheism --- Irreligion --- Religions --- Theologische ethiek: natuur; ecologie --- 241.65*7 Theologische ethiek: natuur; ecologie --- Théologie naturelle --- Encyclopédies --- 241.65*7