Confronting Apocalyptic Terrorism: Lessons from France and Japan
Journal abstract Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate[…]
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Confronting Apocalyptic Terrorism: Lessons from France and Japan
Journal abstract Terrorists who believe they have a role to play in bringing about the apocalypse pose a serious threat to countries around the world. In their quest to eradicate[…]
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The bitter end: apocalypse and conspiracy in white nationalist responses to the Islamic State attacks in Paris
Journal abstract Wilson’s article examines how apocalyptic thinking converges with the use of conspiracy theory in white nationalist world-views at a time of crisis. Apocalyptic thinking is, typically, a religious[…]
Girard on Apocalypse and Terrorism
Chapter summary Although highly disputed, the French-American philosophical anthropologist René Girard’s theory of violence and archaic religion has had a major impact on the current theoretical discussion. From the 1960s[…]
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and Terrorism
Publisher’s description There is currently much discussion regarding the causes of terrorist acts, as well as the connection between terrorism and religion. Terrorism is attributed either to religious ‘fanaticism’ or,[…]
ISIS’s Will to Apocalypse
Journal abstract Close observers of ISIS have recognized the group’s apocalyptic ideology, but this apocalyptic dimension has not been treated with sufficient theoretical depth or historical understanding. Theoretically, analysts have[…]
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The metronome of apocalyptic time: Social media as carrier wave for millenarian contagion
Journal abstract The Islamic State uses social media to activate a sense of “apocalyptic time” among its supporters online. Key elements of this campaign include instilling a sense of temporal[…]
Rapture or risk: signs of the end or symptoms of world risk society?
Journal abstract In this article, I argue that elements of contemporary fundamentalist Christian apocalyptic discourse are not only influenced by, but are a product of the rhetoric and fascination with[…]
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Three Theories of Religious Activism and Violence: Social Movements, Fundamentalists, and Apocalyptic Warriors
Journal abstract Numerous scholars have investigated religiously motivated violence, particularly in the wake of September 11, including discussions on the role of modernity in triggering religious violence, the increasing presence[…]
Destroying the world to save It : Aum Shinrikyō, apocalyptic violence and the new global terrorism
Lifton looks at Aum Shinrikyō, its orientations, members and activities and seeks to identify in particular the characteristics and psychological orientation of its guru, Asahara Shoko.
Religious memory on Facebook in times of refugee crisis22 March, 2019
Extreme far right: ‘pick’n’mix’ ideologies and direct messaging online make for deadly new combination20 March, 2019
Fluidity of the Fringes: Prior Extremist Involvement as a Radicalization Pathway20 March, 2019
The psychology of fear and hate, and what each of us can do to stop it18 March, 2019