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Ozzy and Enoch:  How Black Sabbath Reinvented Apocalyptic Literature, by Jack Holloway

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Ozzy and Enoch: How Black Sabbath Reinvented Apocalyptic Literature, by Jack Holloway

February 1, 2023

“Storm coming, you’d better hide.” So sings Ozzy Osbourne ... They were an apocalyptic band in an apocalyptic time.

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Black Hebrew Israelites, Black-Jewish Relations, and Contemporary Antisemitism, by Michael Miller

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Black Hebrew Israelites, Black-Jewish Relations, and Contemporary Antisemitism, by Michael Miller

December 13, 2022

Michael Miller discusses Black Hebrew Israelites, Black-Jewish relations, and contemporary antisemitism

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Messiaen and the End of Time, by Alastair Lockhart

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Messiaen and the End of Time, by Alastair Lockhart

September 27, 2022

With the release of a new recording of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, written under German captivity in 1940...

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Norman Cohn Lecture 2022, 25 May 2022: Dark Money and the Subversion of Global Politics

Discussion, Conference

Norman Cohn Lecture 2022, 25 May 2022: Dark Money and the Subversion of Global Politics

May 12, 2022

The Norman Cohn Lecture 2022 by Peter Geoghegan will take place on 25 May 2022 at 6.30. The theme will be: Dark Money and the Subversion of Global Politics.

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Protestant Memories of John Ball and the Peasants’ Revolt in Reformation England, by James Crossley

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Protestant Memories of John Ball and the Peasants’ Revolt in Reformation England, by James Crossley

April 1, 2022

James Crossley looks at how John Ball, the apocalyptic priest of the 1381 English uprising, was understood during the English Reformation.

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The Mikveh Bomb Shelter at Uman, Ukraine, by Alastair Lockhart

Discussion, News

The Mikveh Bomb Shelter at Uman, Ukraine, by Alastair Lockhart

March 18, 2022

​On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Times of Israel​ reported the Ukrainian government ordering the

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Ukraine and the Promised Land: Ivan Franko, Theodor Herzl and the Figure of Moses, by Alastair Lockhart

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Ukraine and the Promised Land: Ivan Franko, Theodor Herzl and the Figure of Moses, by Alastair Lockhart

March 12, 2022

The Bible and the concept of the Ukrainian nation in the work of the poet-scholar Ivan Franko.

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QAnon and the Return of JFK Jr in Dallas, by James Crossley

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QAnon and the Return of JFK Jr in Dallas, by James Crossley

November 5, 2021

QAnon, JFK Jr, and beliefs about second comings

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Data Science and Apocalyptic Prophecy, by Alastair Lockhart

Discussion, News

Data Science and Apocalyptic Prophecy, by Alastair Lockhart

August 12, 2021

A number of news outlets have reported that a study by Gaya Herrington, Sustainability and Dynamic Systems Analysis Lead in North and South America...

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'Cargo Cults', Chance, and Conspiracy, by Michael French Smith

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'Cargo Cults', Chance, and Conspiracy, by Michael French Smith

July 23, 2021

It was by chance that Theodore Schwartz found himself on Manus Island in 1953-54, in what was then the Australia-governed Manus District of the United Nations Trust Territory of Papua and New Guinea, among people engaged in an intense millenarian effort.

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'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' and the Apocalypse, by Alastair Lockhart

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'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' and the Apocalypse, by Alastair Lockhart

February 24, 2021

On 22nd February 2021, the Scottish Sun newspaper carried a report on the UK version of the TV gameshow "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" under the headline: "Scots contestant STUNNED as sis gets tough Bible question

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Owning the Future: Dominion and Demonology at the Apocalypse of Trumpism by S. Jonathon O’Donnell

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Owning the Future: Dominion and Demonology at the Apocalypse of Trumpism by S. Jonathon O’Donnell

February 12, 2021

The event epitomised the confluence of conspiracy culture, growing authoritarianism, and reactionary white Christianity in American political and public life...

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Is Everything We Don’t Like ‘Apocalyptic’? On the Problem of Definitions, by James Crossley

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Is Everything We Don’t Like ‘Apocalyptic’? On the Problem of Definitions, by James Crossley

October 23, 2020

James Crossley looks at how labels like 'apocalypticism' are applied in popular and academic discourse.

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COVID 19: The Apocalypse and African Dimensions of Victory, by Abimbola Adelakun

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COVID 19: The Apocalypse and African Dimensions of Victory, by Abimbola Adelakun

June 29, 2020

When countries began to face the prospect of a COVID 19 lockdown sometime in March, western experts—many of them well-meaning—prophesied a disaster for Africa.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Covid-19, by George D. Chryssides

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Jehovah’s Witnesses and Covid-19, by George D. Chryssides

April 30, 2020

Jehovah’s Witnesses responded to the coronavirus before government restrictions came into force. House-to-house visits were suspended, and literature carts were no longer to be displayed in towns and cities.

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Black Hebrew Israelites: Extremes of Hate and Hope, by Michael Miller

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Black Hebrew Israelites: Extremes of Hate and Hope, by Michael Miller

March 18, 2020

Recent months have seen an increasing media visibility for a movement which has existed for more than a century, but previously was little talked about. Commonly known as Black Hebrew Israelites (BHI), or simply Hebrew Israelites...

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The Apocalypse on Film, by Lynne Moss Bahr

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The Apocalypse on Film, by Lynne Moss Bahr

February 26, 2020

A round-up most compelling cinematic interpretations of apocalyptic themes, by Lynne Moss Bahr.

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Forward to the Past by Bill McGuire

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Forward to the Past by Bill McGuire

September 20, 2019

Bill McGuire on the climate catastrophe facing the planet

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'Christianity, Revelation and Violence at the Home Office' by James Crossley

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'Christianity, Revelation and Violence at the Home Office' by James Crossley

March 25, 2019

James Crossley looks at how religion and violence are presented in contemporary English political discourse with reference to the recent controversial rejection of asylum based on the Bible

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Twelve Tribes by Sarah Harvey

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Twelve Tribes by Sarah Harvey

March 14, 2019

Discussion of the Twelve Tribes, also known as the Messianic Communities, founded by Elbert Spriggs and his wife, Marsha, in the USA in the early 1970s.

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Mr. Rogers’ Apocalyptic Environmentalism for Children by Jason King

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Mr. Rogers’ Apocalyptic Environmentalism for Children by Jason King

January 3, 2019

Jason King discusses the use of biblical apocalypticism to address environmental themes in the popular US children's TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

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'The Contours of Apocalyptic Thought in the Earliest Tradition about Jesus: The Question of Q', by Sarah E. Rollens

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'The Contours of Apocalyptic Thought in the Earliest Tradition about Jesus: The Question of Q', by Sarah E. Rollens

December 19, 2018

Sarah E. Rollens looks at the significance (or otherwise) of apocalyptic thought in Christian origins, the transmission of the earliest traditions about Jesus, and 'Q'.

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'The Moravian Brethren: A New Community for a New Age' by Christina Petterson

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'The Moravian Brethren: A New Community for a New Age' by Christina Petterson

December 3, 2018

Christina Petterson discusses apocalypticism among the Moravian Brethren and the ideas of Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760).

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'John Hagee, Christian Zionism, and apocalyptic visions in the age of Trump' by Sean Durbin

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'John Hagee, Christian Zionism, and apocalyptic visions in the age of Trump' by Sean Durbin

November 1, 2018

Sean Durbin looks at the world of American Christian Zionism and the pastor and televangelist, John Hagee

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'The Mariavites and the Kingdom of God' by Damian Cyrocki

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'The Mariavites and the Kingdom of God' by Damian Cyrocki

September 19, 2018

Damian Cyrocki provides an overview of the Mariavites and the use of the Bible in their claims about the kingdom of God.

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'The Apocalypticism of the English Left: From the National Health Service to the Bob Crow Brigade' by James Crossley

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'The Apocalypticism of the English Left: From the National Health Service to the Bob Crow Brigade' by James Crossley

August 2, 2018

In America, apocalyptic and millenarian language is most prominently found on the political and Christian right. While hardly absent from the English right, such language is more likely to be utilised on the left. Indeed, the English radical tradition has had a long history of apocalyptic and millenarian thinking, if by those problematic terms we mean the recurring assumptions about dramatic overhaul of society.

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'Beyond the Grand Battle of Good and Evil' by Eleanor Heartney

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'Beyond the Grand Battle of Good and Evil' by Eleanor Heartney

May 11, 2018

"Avant-garde art has long been considered a bastion of secularity, holding strong against the creeping return of religion in contemporary culture."

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'On TheaurauJohn Tany (1608–1659)', by Ariel Hessayon.

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'On TheaurauJohn Tany (1608–1659)', by Ariel Hessayon.

February 14, 2018

"He was to claim that after fourteen weeks of self-abasement, fasting and prayer the Lord came upon him in power, overwhelming his wisdom and understanding, smiting him dumb, blind and dead in the presence of hundreds of people."

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'Engineering Prophecies: Can the Future Be Built in the Present?' by Robert Geraci

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'Engineering Prophecies: Can the Future Be Built in the Present?' by Robert Geraci

February 8, 2018

"In an email several years ago, roboticist Hans Moravec wrote to me that he was too busy making the future happen to have time to talk about it..."

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'Heaven’s Gate and Millennial Conspiracy Theories' by David G. Robertson

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'Heaven’s Gate and Millennial Conspiracy Theories' by David G. Robertson

December 6, 2017

"The 39 remaining members videotaped their goodbye messages before swallowing phenobarbital pills."

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'Losing hope in the Apocalypse?' by Earl Harper

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'Losing hope in the Apocalypse?' by Earl Harper

November 23, 2017

"All around the world, there is evidence that a deepening crisis is affecting our planet, namely Capitalism..."

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'An African Student Encounters Martin Luther and the Reformation' by Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

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'An African Student Encounters Martin Luther and the Reformation' by Raheem Oluwafunminiyi

October 19, 2017

"Africa shares a deep history with Europe and one of the direct consequences was the spread of Christianity."

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'Apocalypse and the Sixth Mass Extinction'                                        by Stefan Skrimshire

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'Apocalypse and the Sixth Mass Extinction' by Stefan Skrimshire

August 9, 2017

"Earlier this year a report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) claimed that a ‘sixth mass extinction event’ was not a future projection, but a present reality..."

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'The World has Ended:                                re-making worlds won’t be easy' by Graham Harvey

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'The World has Ended: re-making worlds won’t be easy' by Graham Harvey

August 2, 2017

"When Columbus was discovered on a Caribbean beach, he might as well have carried a placard announcing the end of the world..."

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'Alt+R vs. Ctrl_L and what Humanities and the Social Sciences can do about it'  by Suzanne Newcombe

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'Alt+R vs. Ctrl_L and what Humanities and the Social Sciences can do about it' by Suzanne Newcombe

July 26, 2017

"The concept of the Alt+R has become familiar with the ascendency of Donald Trump to the office of the President of the United States. The need for an alternative to the political and economic status quo is felt on all sides of political persuasions..."

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Ariel Hessayon on creating context for Historical fiction on the eve of the publication of "Protest, Stories of Resistance"'

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Ariel Hessayon on creating context for Historical fiction on the eve of the publication of "Protest, Stories of Resistance"'

July 21, 2017

"It’s fair to say that many professional historians have something of a love/hate relationship with historical fiction..."

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"Researching Children in Apocalyptic Movements"         by Susan Palmer

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"Researching Children in Apocalyptic Movements" by Susan Palmer

June 12, 2017

"...All of them have produced second-generation adults with remarkable childhood tales of involvement in Endtime drills and Millenarian activities."

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Definitions of "Apocalypse, Millennialism / Millenarianism and Messianism" by Chris Rowland

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Definitions of "Apocalypse, Millennialism / Millenarianism and Messianism" by Chris Rowland

May 10, 2017

"...in common parlance ‘Apocalypse’ has come to be synonymous with catastrophe or the end of the world."

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