The Peasants' Revolt of 1381
CenSAMM podcasts
To celebrate ten years of CenSAMM (2015-2025), we are releasing ten podcasts on some of the topics covered or touched upon over the past decade. In this episode, CenSAMM Director, Prof. James Crossley (University of Cambridge and MF Oslo) looks at the apocalypticism and millenarianism in the English uprising of 1381 (aka the Peasants' Revolt). He discusses John Ball, William Grindecobbe and the St Albans uprising, and the violence of John Wrawe in Suffolk.
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Interview with Christopher Rowland: A Career in Apocalyptic Studies
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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 and comprehensible.
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Britta Gullin on Violence, Branch Davidians/Waco and Ordre du Temple Solaire
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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 a paper presented on Skype, but it is entirely comprehensible and the quality, of course, shines through.
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UFO Belief and When Prophecy Fails
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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.
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Artificial Intelligence: Roundtable Discussion
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Roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence with Beth Singler, Robert Geraci, Victoria Lorrimar, and Scott Midson, hosted by Simon Robinson.
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The Book of Revelation and William Blake's Apocalypse
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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 and images.
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OTS/Solar Temple, MOVE/OnaMove, Oneida Community, Twelve Tribes, Doukhobors/Spirit Wrestlers, and Ecoovie
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In this episode, Susan Palmer (Concordia University) looks at six millenarian groups (OTS/Solar Temple, MOVE/OnaMove, Oneida Community, Twelve Tribes, Doukhobors/Spirit Wrestlers, and Ecoovie), and discusses their attitudes towards children and violence.
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Panacea Charitable Trust and the Critical Study of Apocalypticism
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Justin Meggitt (University of Cambridge) discusses the critical, academic study of apocalypticism and the role of the Panacea Charitable Trust
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Family International, Brahma Kumaris, Church Universal and Triumphant, & DK Foundation: Gender and Apocalyptic Groups
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Sarah Harvey and Suzanne Newcombe (INFORM, King's College London) discuss apocalyptic groups and gender, with a closer look at Family International, Brahma Kumaris, Church Universal and Triumphant, & DK Foundation
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Prophecy and Millenarianism
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In this short podcast, Ariel Hessayon discusses the definitions of key terms in the critical study of apocalpyticism
info_outlineCenSAMM's inaugural podcast on Christian origins, with a particular focus on the Gospel of Matthew and 'Q', and featuring Erin Roberts and Sarah Rollens. The interview took place at the annual Society of Biblical Literature/American Academy of Religion conference in Denver, November 2018.