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Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. www.censamm.org

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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
"He believed that the Bible prophesied world events, and because America is not in the Bible, these prophecies concern other countries, most notably the Soviet Union and Israel." Keri Ladner on Jerry Falwell and the American Christian Right: www.cdamm.org/articles/jer...
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Jerry Falwell and Moral Majority - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
There's a new article in our Critical Dictionary from Keri Ladner on Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority. Read more here: www.cdamm.org/articles/jer...
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Jerry Falwell and Moral Majority - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"Those who rejected successor prophets to Southcott and focused on the uniqueness of Southcott’s prophecies ... which involved guidance in biblical interpretation and expectations of the coming millennial kingdom." www.cdamm.org/articles/vis...
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The Visitation - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"The term ‘visitation’ with reference to the Spirit of God and/or a distinct prophetic line is associated with the Southcottians, the followers of the millenarian prophet Joanna Southcott (1750–1814)." Read the latest in our Critical Dictionary: www.cdamm.org/articles/vis...
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The Visitation - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
We're looking forward to welcoming everyone to Cambridge tomorrow for the first day of our annual conference. For anyone interested in attending or watching the livestream, please contact James Crossley. censamm.org/blog/censamm...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
From Mikail Boz: "Post-Apocalyptic Images in Cinema: A Structural-Semiotic Narrative Analysis of Len Wiseman’s Total Recall." Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi(47), 173-189. doi.org/10.17829/tur...
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Turkish Review of Communication Studies » Submission » Post-Apocalyptic Images in Cinema: A Structural-Semiotic Narrative Analysis of Len Wiseman's Total Recall
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
There's a recent open-access article from Andrew Crome that might be of interest: "Last Christmas? Depicting Christmas in Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic Film and Television" doi.org/10.1080/1353...
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Last Christmas? Depicting Christmas in Apocalyptic and Postapocalyptic Film and Television
Published in Parallax (Vol. 30, No. 4, 2024)
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
New open access article from Joel Day: "Christian Nationalism as a Social Practice: Prayer, Violence, and the Politics of Public Ritual" doi.org/10.1080/0954...
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Christian Nationalism as a Social Practice: Prayer, Violence, and the Politics of Public Ritual
This paper examines the role of prayer as a central social practice within Christian nationalist movements, particularly in the context of violent protests and contentious political mobilizations. ...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Have you listened to our recent podcast episode on The Book of Revelation with Dr. Michelle Fletcher? censamm.org/blog/censamm...
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New CenSAMM Podcast: The Book of Revelation | CenSAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Less than two weeks until the 2025 CenSAMM conference on "Apocalypticism and Millenarianism in Modern British Contexts" censamm.org/blog/censamm...
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CenSAMM Conference 2025: The British Apocalypse | CenSAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
From Javad T. Hashmi: "The Apocalypse of Peace: Eschatological Pacifism in the Meccan Qur’an" doi.org/10.1080/0959...
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The Apocalypse of Peace: Eschatological Pacifism in the Meccan Qur’an
‘Forbear them and say, “Peace!” For soon they will know’, warns Q 43.89, ominously alluding to the imminent eschaton and the final judgement of the wicked. This article argues that the Meccan Qur’a...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
From Josh Call and Thomas Lecaque: "MAGA to the Maxson: Apocalyptic America and Fallout 4’s Brotherhood of Steel" go.shr.lc/4lZOhyw
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MAGA to the Maxson: Apocalyptic America and Fallout 4’s Brotherhood of Steel | Intellect
American political rhetoric has become increasingly zealous in its use of right-wing, Christofascist and apocalyptic imagery. While its contemporary moment is deeply connected to the current Make Amer...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
New open-access article from Joe Davidson: "Apocalyptic Democracy" doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"Though much of the text focuses on biographical exhortation, the inclusion of prophecies in each testament (usually near the end) puts the text in an apocalyptic framework." Tom de Bruin discusses apocalyptic elements in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. www.cdamm.org/articles/tes...
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Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"....an emphasis on the role of God and the literal interpretation of apocalyptic theology, were the central, if often hidden, themes that underpin his oeuvre." Racheal Harris discusses apocalyptic themes in the work of the late pop music icon Prince: www.cdamm.org/articles/pri...
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Prince Rogers Nelson - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Our annual conference is just under a month away! The The theme is "Apocalypticism and Millenarianism in Modern British Contexts" more information here: censamm.org/blog/censamm...
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CenSAMM Conference 2025: The British Apocalypse | CenSAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"While the term ‘antichrist’ is Christian or Christian-influenced, the concept of a fearsome eschatological opponent or opponents is found across different traditions." www.cdamm.org/articles/ant...
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Antichrist - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
New, open-access article from Bohdan Kuryliak: "The cosmic conflict: Jesus against the devil in the letter to the church in Smyrna (Rev 2:8–11)" | Scottish Journal of Theology | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/41oOG68
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The cosmic conflict: Jesus against the devil in the letter to the church in Smyrna (Rev 2:8–11) | Scottish Journal of Theology | Cambridge Core
The cosmic conflict: Jesus against the devil in the letter to the church in Smyrna (Rev 2:8–11) - Volume 78 Issue 2
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
New article of interest from David T. Crater: "They Lived and Reigned with Christ a Thousand Years: Puritan Eschatology and the Millennium." openurl.ebsco.com/EPDB%3Agcd%3...
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They Lived and Reigned with Christ a Thousand Years: Puritan Eschatology and the Millennium.
Discover this 2025 paper in Puritan Reformed Journal by CRATER, DAVID T. focusing on: MILLENNIALISM; ESCHATOLOGY; RELIGIOUS thought; REFORMATION; CHRISTIAN eschatology; PURITANS; BRITISH Civil War, 16...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
From Benjamin E. Zeller: "The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light: An Islamic Millennial New Religious Movement" doi.org/10.1353/nvr....
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
James Crossley's recent talk: ' Building a New Jerusalem on the Rubble of War' is now available on YouTube youtu.be/U4JPIf2WDcs
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"In sum, we are understood to be living in an age of depravity, and this condition will lead to a cosmic destruction which will be followed by the golden age." Ankur Barua discusses apocalyptic elements within Hinduism in our Critical Dictionary: www.cdamm.org/articles/hin...
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Hinduism - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
New, open-access article on "The Meaning and Uses of Oxymora in the Book of Revelation" from Bohdan Kuryliak. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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The Meaning and Uses of Oxymora in the Book of Revelation
The book of Revelation contains various literary devices, among which the oxymoron remains one of the least studied. This article is the first to explore this figure of speech in the book of Revelatio...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Have a spare thirty minutes? Check out our recent podcast on The Book of Revelation. CenSAMM Director James Crossley introduces the book of Revelation and interviews Dr Michelle Fletcher about the contents and influence of this New Testament text. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmq...
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The Book of Revelation (CenSAMM at 10 Podcast)
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
"The end is now, and this somewhat paradoxical concurrence of future and present generates an existential urgency on the horizon of imminence." Ankur Barua discusses the apocalyptic concepts and vocabularies that can be found in Hindu traditions. www.cdamm.org/articles/hin...
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Hinduism - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Have you had a chance to check out the CenSAMM Podcast? There's a new episode featuring our Academic Director discussing John Wrawe, William Grindecobbe, and John Ball, three leaders in the English Uprising of 1381, aka the Peasants' Revolt. censamm.org/blog/wrawe-g...
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New CenSAMM Podcast: John Wrawe, William Grindecobbe, and John Ball | CenSAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Following his death, the life, work, and legacy of Ozzy Osbourne has been widely discussed in the media. Less discussed is the wide-ranging apocalypticism running throughout his lyrics. Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath, and the Apocalypse censamm.org/blog/ozzy-os...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
"Birsa’s ‘millenarian’ prophecy was developed from traditional (or ‘indigenous’) Munda beliefs, Hinduism, and Christianity. This involved the idea of the restoration of the golden age into which Birsa’s followers would enter." See the full article here: www.cdamm.org/articles/bir...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
From Ihor Kuryliak and Bohdan Kuryliak: "The Number 666 in Revelation 13,18 in the Light of Daniel 3" poj.peeters-leuven.be/content.php?...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
What does Messiah mean? youtube.com/shorts/_SvF5...
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What does 'Messiah' mean?
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
New article from Yaakov Ariel: "Messianism, the Holy Land and the Jews: the roots and development of Christian Zionism in its first generations"
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"While all of these works were apocalyptic rather than strictly millenarian, their interpretations of the thousand years of Revelation 20 had important political implications." Andrew Crome on Seventeenth-Century English Millennialism: www.cdamm.org/articles/sev...
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Seventeenth-Century English Millennialism - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
James Crossley asking the important question: 'Is Everything We Don’t Like “Apocalyptic?”' while examining two dominant clichés about apocalypticism and millenarianism in the process: www.jbasr.com/ojs/index.ph...
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Is Everything We Don’t Like “Apocalyptic?” | Journal of the British Association for the Study of Religion (JBASR)
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Mark your calendars, this year's CenSAMM Annual Conference will take place at the University of Cambridge, 23-24 September 2025. The theme for the conference is "Apocalypticism in Britain Today." More details on our website: censamm.org/events/annua...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Join our Academic Director, Professor James Crossley this Thursday at the Panacea Museum where he will give a talk on "Building a New Jerusalem on the Rubble of War" More Information here: panaceamuseum.org/events/the-p...
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Lunchtime Talk: Building a New Jerusalem on the Rubble of War | The Panacea Museum
Welcome to the Panacea Museum and Panacea Charitable Trust where you can find out more about history and influences of The Panacea Society.
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
There's a chapter by Shannon Lee Dawdy on 'Contemporary Doomsday Devices and the Undoing of End-Times' from the new edited volume _Undoing Things_ that may be of interest to scholars of apocalyptic and millenarian studies: doi.org/10.4324/9781...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
From Joseph Patrick McAulay: 'Into the Storm: QAnon and the Appeal of Conspiracist Millennialism in Far-Right and Fascist Political Movements' go.shr.lc/45jlUWL
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Into the Storm: QAnon and the Appeal of Conspiracist Millennialis...: Ingenta Connect
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
"The concepts of St Michael and eschatological conflict in the memorial iconography of the Great War construct a moral dualism of good and evil, elevating a particular human cause and denigrating opposing human forces." www.cdamm.org/articles/int...
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Apocalyptic and Millenarian Themes in Interwar British Art - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
From John Dik: "Apocalyptic Letter Writing in Early Christianity: The Letter of Lyon and Vienne and its Reception of the Apocalypse of John" doi.org/10.1515/zac-...
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Apocalyptic Letter Writing in Early Christianity: The Letter of Lyon and Vienne and its Reception of the Apocalypse of John
The letter of Lyon has attracted both researchers of the history of early Christianity because it gives many insights on the rise of Christian communities in the Roman province of Gaul and researchers...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
There's a new review of Immigration and Apocalypse by Yii-Jan Lin that may be of interest: www.the-tls.com/religion/rel...
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The gates and the wall
Religion continues to shape American politics. Evangelicalism has had a decisive influence on Donald Trump’s political trajectory, while apocalypticism – the belief in the imminent ending of the world...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
From Sarah Leilani Parijs "Moby-Dick's Eschatological Animal Apocalypse: Whales in Spirit, Whales in Flesh" muse.jhu.edu/article/960348
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Weichi Zhou and Yingying Zhang, "The Eastward Transmission of Augustine’s Eschatology in Ming and Qing China" ccspub.cc/jsrh/article...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
"Not only did he lay the foundations of Congolese religious revivals and prophetism but he also articulated Congolese apocalypticism and millenarianism as they may be observed in the present-day DRC and Congolese diasporic communities." More about Simon Kimbangu here: www.cdamm.org/articles/sim...
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Simon Kimbangu - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Call for papers: Apocalyptica, Special Issue: "Apocalypse and the Biopolitics of Time" Deadline: Abstracts (250 words) are due 20 September 2025 More information here: heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/apo...
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Call for Papers Special Issue | Apocalyptica
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
New, open-access, article from Deane Galbraith: "Unveiling the length and girth of John’s Millennium, part 2 (girth): Comparing Revelation 20 with book 6 of Virgil’s Aeneid" doi.org/10.1177/0951...
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
"Wrawe undertook the dirty work of implementing the millenarian tendencies in the revolt and the rebels’ aims of a new (or revived) social order. Wrawe shared...the biblically inspired myth of just kingship and believed he was acting in the name of King Richard II." www.cdamm.org/articles/joh...
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John Wrawe and the Suffolk Uprising (1381) - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"‘Polish Messianism,’ a term coined by Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński (1776–1853), arose in the nineteenth century ... It did not look into the past, or at least it did not limit itself to attempts to restore the past, but it looked ahead to the future." www.cdamm.org/articles/pol...
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Polish Messianism - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
From the archive: "Survivalism is the practice of preparing for the imminent apocalyptic destruction of society. Survivalists are also known as ‘preppers’ because of this focus on preparation for catastrophe." www.cdamm.org/articles/sur...
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Survivalists and Preppers - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
"In theory, postmillennialism is more focused on human activity and engagement with the world than premillennialism ... In practice... both are involved in institution-building intended to nurture their ideal social order." www.cdamm.org/articles/pos...
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Postmillennialism - CDAMM
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CenSAMM @censamm.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Have you perused our YouTube Channel lately? We've got plenty of educational videos on all things apocalyptic, as well as archival videos from conferences past. Here's a brief introduction to Millenarianism and Millennialism: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcwT...
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Millenarianism and Millennialism
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