apocalypse

Heather Caliri contemplates serving the beast.

Marjorie Maddox imagines eschatology as a long, hard road.

Kyle B. T. Lambelet considers the theological implications of the apocalyptic icon the Doomsday Clock.

The roaring seas of the apocalypse are displacing millions of global refugees.

Two of the show’s greatest Lindelofian mysteries have been resolved in the last few episodes of The Leftovers, but the now 3 1/2 year distance from the Departure itself indicates there is more to come. For those unfamiliar with classic Dispensationalism (see below for handy chart) – this is the span of time marked for peace during the seven […]

  “…hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question.” (W. Brueggemann) — The gist of the apocalypse of The Leftovers finds its origin in the pre-exilic prophets of Israel, whose images of judgment and […]

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The old adage purports, “You are what you eat.”  As a child this statement might not have made sense, but in the world of The Walking Dead, it makes more sense than ever.  While Halloween is past, it might seem odd bringing up a television show/graphic novel series based on the current reigning horror creature, […]

Several recent posts on both mediation and The Other Journal have focused on the apocalypse and spectre of eschatological judgment. Indeed, the End of Days seems to be in the air at the moment, especially considering our recent cultural experience of the “delay of the parousia” when to the ridicule of North American news media […]