Responses to Apocalypse
Early Christianity and Extinction Rebellion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16901958 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cullan Woods Joyce (0000-0002-9708-4444, University of Divinity, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 384 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11080384 |
| OpenAlex | W3044068908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement has grown rapidly in the past two years. In popular media, XR has sometimes been described using religious terminology. XR has been compared to an eco-cult, a spiritual and cultural movement, and described as holding apocalyptic views. Despite XR lacking the distinctive religiosity of new testament and early (pre-150ACE) Christianity, the movement resonates with the early Christian experience in several ways. (1) A characterization of events within the world as apocalyptic. (2) Both feel vulnerable to the apocalypse in specific ways, though each responds differently. (3) Both experience the apocalypse as a community and develop community strategies in response to the apocalypse. The paper sketches certain features of new testament Christianity and compares some of these to XR. The main difference between the two movements is that XR makes decisions to actively become vulnerable, whereas new testament Christianity was more often passively vulnerable. Elements of new testament Christianity provide a context for understanding XR as a response to an apocalypse
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Christianity · Cult · Early Christianity · New Testament · Religiosity · Terminology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · History · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 1.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |