Apocalypticism

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Apocalypticism is a worldview based on the idea that important matters are esoteric in nature ("hidden") and they will soon be revealed in a major confrontation of earth-shaking magnitude that will change the course of history. Apocalypticism can be tied to religious or secular views, and the expected outcome can be seen as positive, negative, or ambiguous. It can appear as a personal and group tendency, outlook, perceptual frame, or rhetorical style; and can lead people toward passivity while awaiting the inevitable end, or active preparation in anticipation of an "apocalyptic" event.

Apocalypticism is a frequent theme of literature, film and television. It also influences political policy through movements such as Christian Zionism, and in the dualism seen when politicians demonize and scapegoat their enemies as wholly bad, evil, or even Satanic. This process often involves conspiracism, in which the apocalyptic enemy is alleged to be engaged in a conspiracy against the good or Godly people.

The tendency was especially evident with the approach of the millennial year 2000, but it need not be tied to a particular calendar date.

Contents 1 See also 1.1 General 1.2 Christian premillennial apocalyptic writers 1.3 Apocalyptic fiction 1.4 Apocalyptic films 1.5 Apocalyptic songs 1.6 Apocalyptic movements 1.7 Millenarian cults 2 External links 3 References (chronological)

[edit] See also

[edit] General

• End of the world

• Apocalypse

• Apocalyptic literature

• Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth

• End times
• Eschatology

• Hindu eschatology

• Kali Yug

• Buddhist eschatology
• Jewish eschatology

• Bible code

• The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin

• Christian eschatology

• Book of Revelation

• Armageddon

• 2012

• Antichrist

• Number of the Beast

• Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
• Great Apostasy

• Postmillennialism
• Premillennialism

• Dispensationalism
• Tribulation
• Rapture

• Amillennialism
• Preterism

• Summary of Christian eschatological differences

• Islamic eschatology

• Qiyamah
• Dajjal

• Utopianism

• Utopia
• Millenarianism

• Millennialism

• Center for Millennial Studies
• 3rd millennium
• Garden of Eden
• The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

• Singularitarianism

• Messianism

• Messiah

• Second Coming

• Satan
• Jerusalem syndrome
• Ultimate fate of the Universe

[edit] Christian premillennial apocalyptic writers

• Tim LaHaye
• Hal Lindsey
• James Redfield

[edit] Apocalyptic fiction

• Left Behind book series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
• Survivors by Dave McKay
• It's Only Temporary by Eric Shapiro
• The Stand by Stephen King
• The Rapture is at Hand Anonymous
• 'Armageddeon: The Musical'- Robert Rankin
• 'Thief OF Time' and 'Sourcery' -Terry Pratchett
• 'Good Omens' -Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

[edit] Apocalyptic films

• Children of Men
• The Day After Tomorrow
• Armageddon (movie)
• Deep Impact (film)
• 12 Monkeys
• 28 Days Later
• Koyaanisqatsi
• The End of Evangelion
• End of Days
• Dr. Strangelove
• The Core
• Metropolis (film)
• The Road Warrior
• Mad Max and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
• Supernova (Hallmark movie)
• Last Night
• Waterworld
• Blue Gender

[edit] Apocalyptic songs

• It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by R.E.M
• Last Day on Earth by Duran Duran
• Progenies of the Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir
• The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash
• King of the World by Steely Dan
• White, Discussion by Live
• Aenima by Tool
• Apocalypes Please, Time Is Running Out, Sing for absolution, Stockholm syndrome, Falling away with you, Hysteria, Blackout, Ruled by secrecy, Fury, and Take a bow by Muse

[edit] Apocalyptic movements

• Essenes
• Millerites
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• Seventh-day Adventists

[edit] Millenarian cults

• Peoples Temple Jonestown
• Heaven's Gate
• Order of the Solar Temple
• Aum Shinrikyo
• Find additional links at Millenarianism

[edit] External links

• Center for Millennial Studies
• Reliogious Tolerance- A list of different groups claiming to predict the end of the world prior to 2000.
• "Dances with Devils" study on apocalyptic scapegoating

[edit] References (chronological)

• Boyer, Paul S. (1992). When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap/Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-95128-X
• Cohn, Norman. (1993). Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09088-9
• Aukerman, Dale. (1993). Reckoning with Apocalypse. New York: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-1243-X
• O’Leary, Stephen. (1994). Arguing the Apocalypse: A Theory of Millennial Rhetoric. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508045-9
• Quinby, Lee. (1994). Anti-Apocalypse: Exercises in Genealogical Criticism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 0-8166-2278-7 (hard bound) ISBN 0-8166-2279-5 (paperback)
• Strozier, Charles B. (1994). Apocalypse: On the Psychology of Fundamentalism in America. Boston: Beacon Press. ISBN 0-8070-1226-2
• Fuller, Robert C. (1995). Naming the Antichrist: The History of an American Obsession. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508244-3
• Thompson, Damian. (1996). The End of Time: Faith and Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium. London: Sinclair-Stevenson. ISBN 1-85619-795-6
• Thompson, Damian. (1997). The End of Time: Faith and Fear in the Shadow of the Millennium. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England. ISBN 0-87451-849-0
• Strozier, Charles B, and Michael Flynn, eds. 1997. The Year 2000: Essays on the End. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-8030-X (hard bound) ISBN 0-8147-8031-8 (paperback)
• Robbins, Thomas, and Susan J. Palmer, eds. 1997. Millennium, Messiahs, and Mayhem: Contemporary Apocalyptic Movements. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-91648-8 (hard bound) ISBN 0-415-91649-6 (paperback)
• Stewart, Kathleen and Susan Harding. 1999. "Bad Endings: American Apocalypsis." Annual Review of Anthropology, 28, pp. 285-310.
• Allison, Dale C. (1999) Jesus of Nazareth: Millenarian Prophet (Augsburg Fortress) ISBN 0-8006-3144-7
• Wessinger, Catherine, ed.. 2000. Millennialism, Persecution, and Violence: Historical Cases. Religion and Politics Series, Michael Barkun, (ed.). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2809-9 (hard bound) ISBN 0-8156-0599-4 (paperback)
• Stone, Jon R., ed. 2000. Expecting Armageddon: Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-92331-X (paperback)
• Brasher, Brenda E. 2000. "From Revelation to The X-Files: An Autopsy of Millennialism in American Popular Culture," Semeia 82:281-295.
• Mason, Carol. 2002. Killing for Life: The Apocalyptic Narrative of Pro-life Politics. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-3920-5 (hard cover) ISBN 0-8014-8819-2 (paperback)
• Urstadt, Bryant. 2006. "Imagine there's no oil: scenes from a liberal apocalypse. (Viewpoint essay)." Harper's Magazine 313.1875 (August 2006): 31(9) [1]
• Kobb, Kurt. 2006. "Apocalypse always: Is the peak oil movement really just another apocalyptic cult?" (August 5, 2006). http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2006/08/apocalypse-always-is-peak-oil-movement.html Accessed on October 14, 2006.