New open-access article from Lorenzo DiTommaso: "Apocalypses and apocalyptic: A response to Benjamin E. Reynolds" doi.org/10.1177/095182…

"What we do know of the St Albans rebels points to a softer version of the more violent millenarian theology of John Ball, whose ideas were recorded in more detail and were more well known." James Crossley in our Critical Dictionary: cdamm.org/articles/willi…

"In the summer of 1381, England saw unprecedented violent uprisings from peasants, serfs, artisans, village elites, townsfolk, local officials, lower clergy, and others against the lords, landowners, ecclesiastical leaders, and royal advisors." cdamm.org/articles/john-…

Have you had a chance to read the recent essay on John Ball in English History from our Academic Director, James Crossley? arielhessayon.substack.com/p/john-ball-in…

From Callum Jones: 'We the people, not the shecple': QAnon and the transnational mobilisation of millennialist far-right conspiracy theories doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28…

Have you checked out our YouTube channel lately? There's a bunch of material, including talks from previous conferences, as well as shorter supplementary videos that pair nicely with our Critical Dictionary, such as this one on A.L. Morton: youtube.com/watch?v=Gr7dFy…

From Benjamin Baker: "Bring Into Our Beloved South a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Eschatology of Booker T. Washington" doi.org/10.1163/277279…

"Investigating a range of eschatological ideologies, this volume explores the connection between notions of sacred space and time in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim understandings of Jerusalem." New from Emma O'Donnell Polyakov: bloomsbury.com/uk/jerusalem-i…

"Shincheonji Church of Jesus (Shincheonji) is a new Christian millenarian church established in 1984 by Lee Man-hee (b. 1931) in South Korea’s North Chungcheong Province." Read the latest in our Critical Dictionary on the Shincheonji Church of Jesus: cdamm.org/articles/shinc…

From Adrian Popovici, "Exploring the Interplay between Apocalyptic and Millenarian Narratives within Populist Ideologies" ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/d…

"According to the teaching of Shincheonji, the prophecies contained in Revelation have already been fulfilled in Korea and witnessed by Lee during the twentieth century." Read more about the history and eschatology of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus: cdamm.org/articles/shinc…

"Papias was known for his literal understanding of chiliasm, a belief that there will be a thousand-year reign of Christ following the resurrection of the dead." Read more about Papias of Hierapolis in our Critical Dictionary: cdamm.org/articles/papias

"We can at least say that this example of a prophetic threat of destruction shows the interpretative options available in understanding 1381 in millenarian terms." James Crossley on William Grindecobbe and the St Albans Uprising (1381) cdamm.org/articles/willi…

New, Open-Access article that may be of interest: Relational time and creolizing eschatology - Russell J. Duvernoy, 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

"Shincheonji can also be understood as a grassroots Korean religious movement due to its historical connections to earlier Korean millenarian Christian movements...and the centrality of the nation of South Korea to ... the fulfilment of Revelation." cdamm.org/articles/shinc…

New Article that may be of interest: Into the storm: QAnon and the appeal of conspiracist millennialism in far-right and fascist political movements - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6…

"[Papias] claimed to have acquired eschatological teaching of Jesus that did not make it into the canonical Gospels, which looked to a time when animals and humans would live in harmony and accompanied by blessings of a vast quantity of grapes and wine." cdamm.org/articles/papias

From Michael Barkun: "QAnon, Conspiracies, and Religion" "QAnon asserts that there is a “deep state” cabal .... set against an eschatology that argues that there will be a coming final battle ... led by Donald Trump in a quasi-messianic role." doi.org/10.1093/acrefo…

"This understanding of the transformation of England in St Albans (and elsewhere) involved the biblically inspired myth of the just king and a new or revived idealised bureaucracy and hierarchy. " cdamm.org/articles/willi…

For those curious about the eschatological and prophetic discourse informing Mike Huckabee's recent text message to Donald Trump, and the claim that "this moment sought you," this article provides a useful background: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…