Damian Cyrocki provides an overview of the Mariavites and the use of the Bible in their claims about the kingdom of God.
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.
"Avant-garde art has long been considered a bastion of secularity, holding strong against the creeping return of religion in contemporary culture."
"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."
"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..."
A link to Leila Johnston's blog posts.
"The 39 remaining members videotaped their goodbye messages before swallowing phenobarbital pills."
"All around the world, there is evidence that a deepening crisis is affecting our planet, namely Capitalism..."
"Africa shares a deep history with Europe and one of the direct consequences was the spread of Christianity."
"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..."
"When Columbus was discovered on a Caribbean beach, he might as well have carried a placard announcing the end of the world..."
"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..."