Apocalyptic Politics

A Taproot of Political Radicalization and Populism

Martyn Whittock

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781725292772
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Ethics & Religion

Apocalyptic (end times) beliefs are found across different religious cultures and time periods, especially those influenced by the Abrahamic faiths. These apocalyptic beliefs are often associated with radicalized politics and what we would today often describe as "populist" movements and leaders. What are the roots of such beliefs? How have they developed over time? In what ways do they impact the modern world? In a series of case studies--ranging over different faiths, time periods, and global locations--this book explores how and why these beliefs have become so often the driver of radicalized politics.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Apocalyptic Beliefs across Diverse Cultures
• Chapter 2: Political Consequences of Jewish and Early Christian Apocalyptic Thinking
• Chapter 3: An End to Jewish Apocalyptic Politics?
• Chapter 4: A Shared Hope?
• Chapter 5: Apocalyptic Politics within Early and Medieval Christianity
• Chapter 6: The Hope of a Persecuted Minority
• Chapter 7: Apocalypse Now!
• Chapter 8: Islamic Apocalyptic Response to Colonialism in Sudan
• Chapter 9: African Syncretistic Anticolonial Apocalypse
• Chapter 10: New World—New Apocalypse?
• Chapter 11: Apocalypse in the Philippines
• Chapter 12: Apocalyptic Slaughter in China
• Chapter 13: When the Millennium Goes Rogue
• Chapter 14: Contested “Zionisms”
• Chapter 15: The View from the East
• Chapter 16: Apocalyptic Politics in Iran, and ISIS
• Chapter 17: “One Nation—Deeply Divided—Under God”
• Afterword
• Bibliography