Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I. Chabad’s Messianism
7. Chapter 1. CHABAD AND THE MESSIANIC IDEA 29
8. Chapter 2. MESHICHIST SOCIOLOGY 37
9. Part II. Meshichist Phenomenology
10. Chapter 3. WRITING TO THE REBBE 47
11. Chapter 4. SENSING THE REBBE 74
12. Chapter 5. SEEING THE REBBE I 98
13. Chapter 6. SEEING THE REBBE II 135
14. Part III. Meshichist Cosmology
15. Chapter 7. SCHNEERSONCENTRISM 175
16. Chapter 8. THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE REBBE 188
17. Chapter 9. “TO MAKE MANY MORE MENACHEM MENDELS” 197
18. Chapter 10. HOLY PLACE AND HOLY TIME IN MESHICHIST CHABAD 206
19. Chapter 11. THE OMNIPRESENCE OF ABSENCE 215
20. Part IV. The Meshichists from a Comparative Perspective
21. Chapter 12. MESHICHISTS, CHRISTIANS, SABBATEANS, AND POPULAR CULTURE HEROES 229
22. Chapter 13. FROM TZADIK TO MESSIAH 241
23. CONCLUSION 258
24. NOTES 267
25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 297
26. INDEX 309