apocalypticism

‘The White Mosque’: A Mennonite of color’s travel memoir rejects rigid storytelling

By Kathryn Post — October 26, 2022
(RNS) — Sofia Samatar intertwines her story with the stories of the German Mennonites who traveled to Uzbekistan in the 1800s to fulfill an apocalyptic prophecy.

Couple charged in kids’ deaths face potential death penalty

By Rebecca Boone — August 6, 2021
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In the Idaho indictments, prosecutors said the Daybells promoted their apocalyptical religious beliefs in order to justify the killings.

The anti-Semitic theology behind the Christian Zionist lobby

By Lynn Gottlieb — July 8, 2019
(RNS) — Christians United for Israel says it supports a Jewish state, but it considers Jews useful only insofar as they trigger the end of days.

Cult leader? ‘Sinful Messiah’? 25 years later, interest in David Koresh still strong

By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 16, 2018
WACO, Texas (RNS) — Twenty-five years after the siege, interest in what happened outside Waco — and who’s to blame — remains immense.

Former FBI agent still haunted by Waco tragedy and David Koresh’s beliefs

By Bobby Ross Jr. — April 16, 2018
WACO, Texas (RNS) — The reporter talks to Bob Ricks, the FBI agent he interviewed a quarter-century ago during the 51-day standoff outside Waco, Texas, between federal agents and an apocalyptic religious sect known as the Branch Davidians.

The ‘Splainer: What does the apocalyptic jihad of ISIS mean for the rest of us?

By Jerome Socolovsky — November 19, 2015
(RNS) Many extreme jihadists believe they are in the midst of an apocalyptic struggle against Christians and Jews. And their views are spreading.
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