May 29, 2022
Christopher Rowland (University of Oxford) is interviewed by Catrin Williams and James Crossley about his career in the study of apocalypticism and his recently published collected essays. The sound quality for Crossley is not quite the expected studio quality because the interview was recorded over Zoom but it is clear...
Apr 5, 2022
Britta Gullin (Umea University, Sweden) looks at the complex causes and processes behind the violence involved in two events concerning two millenarian movements: Branch Davidians at Waco, USA (1993) and Ordre du Temple Solaire (OTS) at Freiburg, Switzerland (1994). The sound is not ideal because the recording is from...
Mar 2, 2022
Timothy Jenkins (University of Cambridge) looks at Festinger’s When Prophecy Fails (1956) and his famous study of believers in UFOs, including gender distinctions made among the group.
Feb 25, 2022
Roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence with Beth Singler, Robert Geraci, Victoria Lorrimar, and Scott Midson, hosted by Simon Robinson.
Feb 10, 2022
Christopher Rowland (Dean Ireland’s Emeritus Professor of the Exegesis of Holy Scripture, University of Oxford) discusses apocalyptic language in the work of William Blake (1757-1827). In particular, the Book of Revelation, the paradigmatic apocalypse, is shown to have had a profound influence on Blake’s texts...