It tells the story of Giovanni Bruno, the lone survivor of a mine disaster that killed 97 of his co-workers, and the apocalyptic cult that forms around him.

The group studied a small apocalyptic cult led by Dorothy Martin (under the pseudonym Marian Keech in the book), a suburban housewife.

In 1995 the apocalyptic cult was estimated to have had 10,000 followers in Japan and another 30,000 in Russia.

In the words of Mike Lofgren, a Republican congressional staffer who recently quit after nearly 30 years' service, today's Republicans are less like a traditional political party and "more like an apocalyptic cult".

"Apocalypse always: Is the peak oil movement really just another apocalyptic cult?"

This is the third time this year that the authorities, concerned that apocalyptic cults might be planning acts of violence to coincide with the millennium, have ordered Christian groups out of the country.

The world was convulsed by an apocalyptic cult and now was beset by a self-appointed emissary from the epochs ahead.

Frank Sandford (1862-1948), the founder and leader of a controversial, apocalyptic Christian cult known as "The Kingdom"

Here, his theme is the terrorist threat of apocalyptic Christian cults like the one that Jim Jones established in Guyana, illustrated through images guaranteed to raise screams in the night.

An apocalyptic cult that came out of the Trier region.