Recombinant Revelations: 2012 in Millenarian and New Age Cyber-Apocalypticism
Traditiones January 5, 2022 DOI: 10.3986/traditio2021500304 (opens in new tab) via OpenAlex
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractApocalyptic spirituality today is shaped by a globalized resurgence of religiousness and New Age spirituality, where millennial calendar anxieties, conspiracy thinking, and crisis consciousness are amplified by a constant flow of imagery from both old and new electronic media. The article examines two distinct types of religious or spiritual digital environments through their characteristic visual imagery: the more traditional setting of Christian millennialism and the hyper-eclectic atmosphere of New Age networks.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Apocalypticism Millenarianism Spirituality Context archaeology Consciousness |
| Key finding | Argues that apocalyptic spirituality is sustained by a combination of religious revival, New Age trends, millennial anxieties, conspiracy mentality, and crisis consciousness, all intensified by visual media, and identifies two types of digital spiritual environments: Christian millennialist and New Age hyper-eclectic. |
Abstract
This article investigates apocalyptic spirituality in the contemporary globalized context of re-emerging religiousness and New Age spirituality, in which millennial calendrical anxieties, a conspiracy mentality, and crisis consciousness are bolstered up by the visual flood of old and new electronic media. Two types of religious or spiritual digital environments are presented through their characteristic imagery: the rather traditional environment of Christian millennialism and the hyper-eclectic atmosphere of New Age networks.