by Charles Cameron | Aug 3, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a paradox I’m currently chewing on, courtesy of Richard Landes] . I want to take something that Richard Landes has been saying, abstract it from those conflicts to which Richard applies it, simplify it by removing one technical term...
by Charles Cameron | Jul 16, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — I was (unexpectedly) almost totally deaf at the time, so the videos of the conference allowed me a second go-around, for which I’m profoundly grateful ] . Richard Landes, opening the Boston conference ** With what I hope will turn...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 29, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — biblio post #2 in preparation for the Boston conference – background on new religious movements and violence ] . Assuming I’m right that Islamic eschatology is now swinging into focus, and since my interest in the topic was...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 29, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — since this topic is at last swinging into focus ] . It is my impression that Islamic apocalyptic has finally surfaced as a significant contributor to those interested in questions of contemporary national security — first, through...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 21, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on conveying the experience of the eschatological — on the way to better understanding the allure of IS ] . And the fifth Angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from heaven upon the earth, and to him was given the key of...