Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements. Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements https://xitter.cf/t.co/AcCPtA88m8
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He believed that the Bible prophesied world events, and because America is not in the Bible, these prophecies concern other countries, most notably the Soviet Union and Israel.
Keri Ladner on Jerry Falwell and the American Christian Right:
cdamm.org/articles/jerry-fal…
"At the heart of the political ideology that underpinned the Religious Right was Falwell’s millenarian understanding of the Cold War. He believed that this era was biblically foretold and indicated the imminency of the apocalypse"
There's a new article in our Critical Dictionary from Keri Ladner on Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority.
Read more here: cdamm.org/articles/jerry-fal…
"Those who rejected successor prophets to Southcott and focused on the uniqueness of Southcott’s prophecies ... which involved guidance in biblical interpretation and expectations of the coming millennial kingdom."
cdamm.org/articles/visitatio…
"The term ‘visitation’ with reference to the Spirit of God and/or a distinct prophetic line is associated with the Southcottians, the followers of the millenarian prophet Joanna Southcott (1750–1814)."
Read the latest in our Critical Dictionary: cdamm.org/articles/visitatio…
We're looking forward to welcoming everyone to Cambridge tomorrow for the first day of our annual conference. For anyone interested in attending or watching the livestream, please contact James Crossley. censamm.org/blog/censamm-con…
From Mikail Boz: "Post-Apocalyptic Images in Cinema: A Structural-Semiotic Narrative Analysis of Len Wiseman’s Total Recall." Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi(47), 173-189. doi.org/10.17829/turcom.1601…
There's a recent open-access article from Andrew Crome that might be of interest: "Last Christmas? Depicting Christmas in Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic Film and Television"
doi.org/10.1080/13534645.202…
New open access article from Joel Day: "Christian Nationalism as a Social Practice: Prayer, Violence, and the Politics of Public Ritual" doi.org/10.1080/09546553.202…
Have you listened to our recent podcast episode on The Book of Revelation with Dr. Michelle Fletcher? biblicalstudiesonline.libsyn…
Less than two weeks until the 2025 CenSAMM conference on "Apocalypticism and Millenarianism in Modern British Contexts" censamm.org/blog/censamm-con…
From Javad T. Hashmi: "The Apocalypse of Peace: Eschatological Pacifism in the Meccan Qur’an" doi.org/10.1080/09596410.202…
From Josh Call and Thomas Lecaque: "MAGA to the Maxson: Apocalyptic America and Fallout 4’s Brotherhood of Steel" go.shr.lc/4lZOhyw
New open-access article from Joe Davidson: "Apocalyptic Democracy" doi.org/10.1177/003232172513…
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"Though much of the text focuses on biographical exhortation, the inclusion of prophecies in each testament (usually near the end) puts the text in an apocalyptic framework."
Tom de Bruin discusses apocalyptic elements in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs.
"....an emphasis on the role of God and the literal interpretation of apocalyptic theology, were the central, if often hidden, themes that underpin his oeuvre."
Racheal Harris discusses apocalyptic themes in the work of the late pop music icon Prince: cdamm.org/articles/prince
Our annual conference is just under a month away! The
The theme is "Apocalypticism and Millenarianism in Modern British Contexts"
more information here: censamm.org/blog/censamm-con…
"While the term ‘antichrist’ is Christian or Christian-influenced, the concept of a fearsome eschatological opponent or opponents is found across different traditions."
cdamm.org/articles/antichris…
