Britta Gullin on the complex causes and processes behind the violence involved in two events concerning two millenarian movements: Branch Davidians and Ordre du Temple Solaire.
James Crossley looks at how John Ball, the apocalyptic priest of the 1381 English uprising, was understood during the English Reformation.
On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Times of Israel reported the Ukrainian government ordering the
The Bible and the concept of the Ukrainian nation in the work of the poet-scholar Ivan Franko.
The Society for the Study of Theology is publicising its annual conference, taking place at Warwick University, 28 March-30 March 2022.
Timothy Jenkins looks at Festinger's study of UFO belief and gendered relations among the movement.
Roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence with Beth Singler, Robert Geraci, Victoria Lorrimar, and Scott Midson, and hosted by Simon Robinson
Christopher Rowland discusses apocalyptic language and the Book of Revelation in the work of William Blake (1757-1827).
The CenSAMM Annual Conference 2022 will be held online during 7-8 July 2022. The theme is: The Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements: Critical and Interdisciplinary Approaches.
Susan Palmer looks at OTS/Solar Temple, MOVE/OnaMove, Oneida Community, Twelve Tribes, Doukhobors/Spirit Wrestlers, and Ecoovie, and discusses their attitudes towards children and violence.
Review of Shushma Malik, The Nero-Antichrist: Founding and Fashioning a Paradigm (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020)