Category Archives: Final Papers

Children: The Future of The End

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Grecia H.

The apocalyptic mindset understands that children are a commodity. They are innocent and pure and they have the potential to offer hope for a better future. Children can be tools to bring about the end of the World throughout indoctrination … Continue reading →

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The Anxiety of a Decade: Red Dawn, Threads, and The Quiet Earth as Divergent Portraits of 1980s Apocalyptic Belief

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Mac Warren

The celluloid application of the apocalyptic construct is largely indicative of its far-reaching cultural implications – as a concept so explicitly linked to notions of religion, spirituality, and postmodernism, divergent portrayals in film can help illuminate the inherent dualisms that … Continue reading →

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The Endless Numbered Days

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Sam Barnes

“The pure eye that sees the meaning of the teachings without attachment arose in the monk Kondañña; He realized that everything that is of the nature to arise is of the nature to cease.” —– Samyutta Nikaya V, 420º Preface … Continue reading →

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Revelation in Rising

Posted on December 9, 2010 by jonrossi

I’ve always felt a certain feeling of inappropriateness when discussing the events of September 11, 2001 and their aftermath.  The events seemed too new, too real: how could I be learning about something that I’d lived through?  Who were the … Continue reading →

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Islam and the Left: An Unholy Alliance

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Andreas Apostolopoulos

At 8:46 a.m. on the morning of September 11th, 2001 a plane hijacked by Muslim terrorists took down the World Trade Center’s North Tower, killing thousands of civilians and rescue workers, and taking down the entire structure an hour later. … Continue reading →

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