| 单词 | messianic |
| 例句 | He was a full-blooded Indian, untamed, illiterate, and endowed with quiet wiles and a messianic vocation that aroused a demented fanaticism in his men. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z His most important question was whether the mercurial and messianic Teller could manage anybody. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Trueba realized that they had messianic plans that did not include the politicians. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the messianic who thought a new Ice Age was upon us. ?Barney Miller? Remains on the Beat in a Complete DVD Set 2011-10-29T04:00:09Z Army at Fort Hood—discards his apparent integration into American society and elects to vindicate his religion in an act of messianic violence against his fellow Americans.” “Where Islam meets America”: the making of Zaytuna College 2013-04-23T18:38:00Z Speaking to Beck's shrunken media stature, she observed that "you don't lead 100-year-long messianic religious revivals." What Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon's firings say about the impact of episodically dominant figures 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Other columns said charges that President Barack Obama is an anti-colonialist are poppycock and said Fox's Glenn Beck "is messianic and betrays the grandiosity of the addict." Parker, Spitzer aim for ideological center on TV 2010-10-05T01:35:00Z Gaddis concludes with an invaluable warning that true morality embraces neither messianic interventionism nor the quest for utopianism — indeed that is how millions become deluded, endangered or doomed. When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z In “Run Away,” a shimmering, messianic love song, he urges, “Come run away with me” and promises, “I will bring you life, a new communion/With a paradise that brings/the truth of light within.” Sufjan Stevens’s Cry of Despair and Prayer for Redemption 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z And so this is, ultimately, a story of a journey without a destination — and Villanueva less a messianic or prophetic figure than a tragic one. One Man and His Followers Sought Salvation. Did It Exist? 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z His piece is an indictment of our obsession with messianic maestros. Classical Music This Week: Malkki, Brahms and the New Whitney 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Because of his predilections, Trey Songz, the most compelling R&B star of the day, is continually dodging the long shadow of R. Kelly, but he lacks Mr. Kelly’s gravity, his messianic fervor. Music Review: A Hands-On Approach to Entertaining His Fans 2010-09-17T22:35:00Z Lady Chatterley's Lover is a messianic novel, a tirade against those who "do dirt on sex" – and a plea for men and women to be more "in touch". Sons and Lovers: a century on 2013-05-25T07:00:22Z But its insistence that self-help is the best help allows Mr. Cross — now medication free and messianic — to lay responsibility on ourselves. | 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead': A Road-Trip Diet 2011-03-31T23:39:39Z Superior intelligence will beget superior intelligence, until, in theory, all problems are solved — that's the promise, the hope, the glory, the Holy Grail, the dream of a messianic age ... A dazzling new book by David Guterson 2011-10-15T04:27:07Z "We should all move in together," the messianic Ebert suggests, skipping about as if a giddy beach bum leading a tribe of followers. Dave Matthews Band Caravan music reviews 2011-07-08T05:00:00Z I last met him around the release of Ivansxtc, when he was fired up with messianic zeal. Bernard Rose: Tolstoy, America and me 2012-12-17T23:11:56Z Boyle's comments place him in the opposite corner from film-makers such as Avatar's James Cameron, who has embraced 3D with messianic zeal. Danny Boyle: '3D movies are a phase' 2013-03-25T15:26:41Z But as with any messianic figure, Moroz-Hunt’s path to fashion salvation was beset by persecution, both real and imagined. T Magazine: Lady Miss Kiev 2011-11-18T18:03:26Z She becomes animated, passionate almost to the point of messianic. Kerry Katona: 'Sometimes I think I attract drama' 2013-07-06T08:00:00Z In this show she opened with “Born This Way,” which was greeted with the usual messianic fervor. Music Review: On Stage, Lady Gaga’s Artistry Endures 2014-03-30T01:32:27Z It was an ecological parable about a messianic mutant fish-man who drinks his own wee and sells dirt for a living, for crying out loud. Waterworld the remake! SyFy wade in for possible new film 2012-11-30T11:48:16Z The engineer Isaac Clark is still confronting the alien mutant menace that has somehow become the focus of a messianic cult among humanity. The Best Games of E3: From New Halo to Epic Mickey Mouse 2010-06-21T21:54:00Z He is messianic not only about the importance of regional theatre, but its role in nurturing the next generation. In at the deep end: the Young Vic's theatre boot camp 2011-01-10T21:31:01Z At Def Jam 30, DMX was in prime messianic form, growling and stomping as if time hadn’t been unkind to him. From The Times, the Best Bands and Acts Heard All Year 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z I'm completely messianic about this place, like some kind of cult. Pixar's John Lasseter: 'Cars 2 is a spy movie' 2011-07-22T15:10:05Z It shows Trump as a sort of messianic über-WASP, in a white tennis sweater, and with a mythical sunset behind him. The art of the art of Trump: A critical reading of “The Visionary,” that painting of him at Mar-a-Lago 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Next up was an ambitious rock opera, “The Black Parade,” with Mr. Way casting himself as the Patient, a dying, defiant, messianic narrator. Gerard Way Talks About His Comeback Album, ‘Hesitant Alien.’ 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z “Both men were militant integrationists, and they shared an almost messianic view of the importance of art,” Mr. Gates wrote. Albert Murray, Essayist Who Challenged the Conventional, Dies at 97 2013-08-19T16:57:56Z De Carvajal, a trader, was arrested around 1590 as a proselytizing Jew and, while in prison, began writing a sometimes messianic memoir, the “Memorias,” on pages roughly 4 inches by 3 inches. A Secret Jew, the New World, a Lost Book: Mystery Solved 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Since then, the Verve have split up yet again, but their lead singer's ego hasn't landed – and he is taking messianic rock to its logical conclusion. RPA and the United Nations of Sound 2010-06-16T20:29:00Z After Hammond’s messianic oration, which ends with her booming refusal to be silenced, there is thunderous applause. The Sound of Silence: what it means to be LGBTQ and a Zionist in today’s America 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z All of it was the runway to 2017 when a mysterious user going by the handle "Q Clearance Patriot" began dropping strange riddles on 4chan and claiming Donald Trump to be a messianic figure. HBO's QAnon series "Q: Into the Storm" is a bewildering attempt to decode a super-conspiracy 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z In this telling, Mr. Bush’s religious piety took on messianic fervor leading him to turn democracy promotion into a mission from God. Review: ‘Bush,’ a Biography as Scathing Indictment 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Only the other day we had a meeting with a couple of senior Film Council executives who were positively messianic about their plans for trying to reinvigorate British cinema. Film Council axemen could murder an industry 2010-07-26T16:56:00Z The fight over who gets control over young Gordy is really a struggle for the messianic power he wields in this fantastical world. Review | A.R. Moxon’s ‘The Revisionaries’ might be the weirdest novel of the year 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The BBC suggest that the change "... was aimed at making it sound less pompous or even messianic, although publisher Random House has described it as a 'minor editorial decision'." Predict Blair's Journey 2010-08-31T13:57:00Z You can’t call that cow a ham, but her messianic streak is pretty theatrical as she exhorts us to witness how idiotic people can be. Women’s Voices Theater Festival goes country as it winds down 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Not long ago, a man ranting in a public square about global collapse might have seemed like a messianic crank. Apocalypse Now-ish (Cocktails, Anyone?) 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Have they thought through the impact of their messianic message about literature on the most vulnerable in our society? Letters: Can philanthropy again come to the help of public libraries? 2011-01-31T00:05:06Z Women have tended to flock to American messianic movements, Morris argues, precisely because such movements promised “equal rights among the faithful.” How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z A lone musketeer of disruption, he spouts mantras about the glory of “breaking stuff,” and cloaks his bottomless greed and shallow narcissism in showy messianic robes. ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Review: Another Clue for You All 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Ligeti also said to me, "I am extremely far away from messianic thinking." A guide to György Ligeti's music 2012-08-27T12:11:24Z A wealthy Briton in bangles sitting with us at night used the word messianic to describe his charity work. The Enlightenment Of Russell Simmons 2012-10-18T14:42:42Z But does his life really merit no less than twelve films — and a play, messianically entitled “The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs?” Steve Jobs, messiah to jerks: Are we worshiping innovation, or just the freedom to be an a**hole? 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z And there’s that “rock star” charisma that would lend credence to his evolution into a messianic figure that “will lead a world into chaos.” Denis Villeneuve’s dreams of ‘Dune’ reach the big screen 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z It was a perfectly orchestrated tantrum — far better paced than the messianic filibuster he brought to arenas in the fall. A Year of Concerts With Staying Power 2013-12-29T22:45:02Z But this is “Dune,” baby, Frank Herbert’s science-fiction opus, which is making another run at global box-office domination even as it heads toward controversy about what it and its messianic protagonist signify. ‘Dune’ Review: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting Sands 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z That sense of being clued into what drives a messianic entertainer is nowhere to be felt in “Marley.” ‘Marley’ at Baltimore’s Center Stage offers up the music but not the man 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z If he was anxious about the next day's mission, he didn't show it, garnering laughs as he poked fun at the long-running dispute over his origins and his own sometimes messianic public image. The death of Osama bin Laden: how the US finally got its man 2012-10-12T22:00:09Z Head-to-toe white, of course, can also come with a strong whiff of the messianic. Perspective | Marjorie Taylor Greene’s coat sent a message even before she heckled Biden 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z He is fiercely charismatic, borderline messianic, and his set of rough party music was emotional, dark and, ultimately, hopeful, ending with a fervid prayer. Names That Defined Hip-Hop, at the Barclays Center 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z He tries to nudge readers away from getting too fixated on messianic solutions. ‘The Hidden History of Burma’ Traces the Vanishing of Hope 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Their band is threatened when they accidentally wander into territory controlled by a messianic tyrant. The ten best books of 2014 It depicts Bowie as a messianic figure, dressed in a robe and fronting a band in a basement bar. Gary Oldman stars in Bowie video 2013-05-08T12:09:22Z The catalog’s cover image, a photograph of the earth shot from outer space, summed up its messianic purpose. Art Review: Empowering People of Spaceship Earth 2011-05-19T21:01:40Z Bijvoet suggests messianic qualities; Satan in the guise of Christ, and he charms the kids like a cartoon wizard. Cannes 2013: Borgman - first look review 2013-05-19T18:16:00Z Previously it was a happy place where children played soccer, fell in love, and believed in their vaguely messianic leader to the point where they allowed him to feed their loved ones to the dead. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z Does this messianic tone fit with the ambitions? Nil desperandum homo erectus 2010-04-02T19:00:00Z Its real significance is the messianic fervor it inspires in Dell, an exalted state that Lancaster is particularly well equipped to portray. On DVD: ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ and ‘The Iron Petticoat’ 2012-11-25T00:53:01Z At this point the film becomes more of a career biography in which Marley, in spreading his global message of “one love, one heart,” exhibits a messianic sense of himself. Movie Review: A Documentary on Bob Marley From Kevin Macdonald 2012-04-19T21:15:33Z On the other side, the Taiping rebels, fueled by their messianic religious ideology that contained a whiff of Christianity, who wanted to reclaim China from the small alien Manchu elite. Books of The Times: ?Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom,? by Stephen R. Platt 2012-02-06T22:05:43Z This is why, Morris goes on, American messianic movements have historically found “reliable opponents in the press, in law enforcement, and in the courts.” How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z It makes sense that, among the artworks Mr. Deitch has acquired, those he chose to show a guest depict a messianic prophet and radical metamorphosis. A Risk-Taker?s Debut 2011-04-22T22:34:11Z His research led him to consider why deserts were so often home to messianic figures. “Dune,” climate fiction pioneer: The ecological lessons of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi masterpiece were ahead of its time 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z By popularizing reggae internationally, Marley became the global ambassador for Rastafarians, a Jamaican spiritual movement formed from the union of black nationalism and messianic Christianity. | 'The First Rasta': ?The First Rasta,? Directed by H?l?ne Lee ? Review 2011-11-29T23:50:52Z Star-producer Diesel has never looked bigger or more messianic—”THIS IS BRAZIL!” Every 'Fast & Furious' Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z As his faith in Bill crumbles, the massacres in the former Yugoslavia unleash his righteous, even messianic side. | 'The Special Relationship': Dennis Quaid and Michael Sheen as Clinton and Blair 2010-05-27T22:06:00Z America had this messianic belief that it was unique, outside history. 'America's top satirist' 2010-09-04T23:02:00Z Reflecting on his career, Mr. Zorn said that his brash early days were marked by a “messianic” zeal to stand out from the pack. Turning 60, John Zorn Sees His Eclecticism as a Musical Norm 2013-07-10T12:00:01Z Rand al’Thor, a humble messianic figure who must stave off the forces of evil that threaten to overtake the faraway land in which he lives. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: An Adaptation of Robert Jordan's 'New Spring' 2011-01-28T17:30:24Z His character is a well-meaning but messianic sociologist whose conduct threatens to destroy the planet Jugal. CBS Blocks Use of Unused ?Star Trek? Script by Spinrad 2012-03-28T22:25:24Z He would play the show’s eponymous, messianic leader, who appears at a meeting of a disorganized group called B.A.D. Muhammad Ali in a Broadway Musical? It Happened 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z One senses while reading this book the ghost of the proposal behind it—the promise of a smart, revisionist take on American messianic movements. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Jones said he had become intolerable after emerging from a life-threatening combination of chicken pox and pneumonia with a messianic complex. B.A.D. days here again for Clash rocker Mick Jones 2011-04-16T08:38:15Z They are fronted by vocalist and guitarist Sebastian Pringle, a driven figure with a mild messianic complex and odd identity issues. Crystal Fighters 2011-03-17T18:00:11Z Mad as the Mist and Snow, however, reaches the messianic intensity of the Waterboys' This Is the Sea. The Waterboys ? review 2011-02-02T18:34:59Z "She was imbued with a messianic spirit to build the Music Center and made a concentrated effort to bring in people from the entertainment industry," Mirisch says. Dorothy Buffum Chandler was the driving force behind the Music Center 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z True, those ties tend to migrate off the centerline, his shirt collars curl at the ends, and his hairstyles skew messianic. Casey Affleck: ‘Thanks for Dressing Up’ 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Midway through, the song moves through an improvised limbo and coalesces into a different tune: a march with lyrics about a messianic “blackstar” who also declares “I’m not a popstar.” Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Inserted into the middle of a city whose dominant industry is high finance, “Big Bling” may be seen as a messianic admonition to those who worship money. Outdoor Art Across the City: 4 Things New Under the Sun 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z And Bill pursued his latest messianic or suicidal mission: risking exposure as a polygamist, and the ruination of his family, by campaigning for a State Senate seat. Big Love: Shark-Jumping in Utah 2010-02-22T14:05:00Z M. Night Shyamalan indulges his messianic side with "Devil," a quasi-religious supernatural thriller he has released under his The Night Chronicles production banner. 'Devil': Confining chills to a stalled elevator 2010-09-20T21:30:00Z When the main hero vaults from an outsider nobody knows to a messianic hope within two episodes for no reason that feels natural or makes sense, believing pretty much everything that occurs afterward becomes impossible. A Second Civil War and too many plotholes plague "DMZ," HBO Max's latest dystopian adaptation 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Her innocence is axiomatic and part of the reason the driver goes to such messianic lengths to protect her. | 'Drive': ?Drive,? With Ryan Gosling - Review 2011-09-15T22:55:25Z For Morris, that ministry set the tone for messianic sects that followed, from Ann Lee’s community of Shakers and Father Divine’s racially integrated communes in 1930s Harlem to the deadly Peoples Temple of Jim Jones. A Tour Through the ‘American Messiahs’ of Our Past 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z After a revolutionary announces himself the Madhi, or the redeemer, a war breaks out in 19th-century Sudan over the legitimacy of his messianic claim. 22 Works of Fiction to Read This Spring 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “Far more than for their heretical beliefs,” he writes, “the communistic and anti-family leanings of American messianic movements pose a threat to the prevailing socioeconomic order.” How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Without the plotline of the Christian gospel, with its messianic view of history, the purpose of life and our place in the world became woefully uncertain. The Two Faces of Suicide 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z When he took psychedelics, the trip would almost be a messianic call to action. Allen Ginsberg, Howl and the voice of the Beats 2011-02-23T20:30:00Z The band’s messianic, centrist rock was a fitting return to live performance after a time of great instability. Live Music Is Back! (Live Music Is Back?) 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z "Dune" does fit the trope in some ways; Paul is literally a messianic figure from beyond the stars, and the Fremen are clearly inspired by Middle Eastern people. Is "Dune" a white savior movie? Denis Villeneuve responds 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z We’re meant to believe he’s a charismatic molder of minds, but he just comes off as a self-satisfied douche, a messianic professor as imagined by someone who must have really hated college. The Following: Bloody Awful 2013-01-22T14:05:43Z If nomenclature is not Kings of Leon's strong suit, then at least they haven't made any videos featuring themselves in messianic poses surrounded by black children for a while. Can bands be trusted to name their own albums? 2013-06-19T13:50:47Z I noticed, of course, the messianic themes and Biblical imagery. Josh Ritter preaches his “messianic oracular honky tonk”: “I don’t feel a huge connection to religion, except as a large accumulation of confusing, confusing stories” 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Those spotlight moments can appear nearly messianic, but although “Rivulets” contains many solos — along with duets, trios, quartets and myriad other configurations — it is especially concerned with everyone dancing together. Review: A Tere O’Connor Dance That Ebbs, Flows and Weaves 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Downs has assumed an almost messianic place in the lives of those who have absorbed his thinking. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z Jesus, he writes was “crucified by Rome because his messianic aspirations threatened the occupation of Palestine, and his zealotry endangered the Temple authorities.” ‘Zealot’: Jesus as revolutionary in a turbulent age 2013-07-20T00:02:24Z The charge on the cross is historical: the Romans took Jesus as claiming to be the messianic king of the Jews. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z Healy, who is forever either running a hand through or shaking his outgrown mohawk hairstyle, is a messianic type with a touch of the Johnny Borrells about him. The 1975 – review 2013-01-29T15:10:22Z Not coincidentally, the folk music movement in its early days had the same messianic sense of its own importance. | 'Phil Ochs: There but for Fortune': Aspiring to Musical Power and Glory 2011-01-04T23:45:27Z In Montana, a messianic leader plans to shut down a power grid that supplies electricity to half the country, with a woman taken hostage to ensure the scheme goes through. New in Paperback: ‘The Ministry of Utmost Happiness,’ ‘Where the Water Goes’ 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The piercing cries of “Jerusalem!” seem to express both a longing for escape and the messianic tendencies in Benjamin’s unorthodox thought. Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z I was surprised by how messianic and hubristic it is right from the start. Clare Short: 'I was surprised by how messianic and hubristic it is right from the start. Early on, Blair was not like this' 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z He “wakes up” from his programmed illusion of comfortable, bland monotony into a brutal yet genuine struggle for existence, a messianic battle against evil manipulating overlords. How to pull a friend out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z As you note in the book, much about this portrait is pretty typical: There were a lot of messianic preachers wandering around first-century Palestine, Jesus among them. “You want people like that to hate you”: Reza Aslan on Glenn Beck, that Fox News interview, and who gets to speak for Jesus 2014-04-20T10:59:00Z This artsy extravagance is not just whimsy: C2’s design expresses both a shrewd rebranding of business as art and an almost messianic faith in creativity as a magical cure for countless commercial and social problems. Ball pits, buskers and ‘ninja gardeners’: This business conference is a circus. 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z It’s an almost messianic song, and a deeply self-serving way to discuss issues about equality. Critic’s Notebook: Finding His Place in the Hip-Hop Ecosystem 2014-01-27T13:03:34Z The documentation offers a small window into one of late capitalism’s best kept secrets: How these messianic entrepreneurs talk behind closed doors when they fall so far from their ideals. How the Dark Web’s Dread Pirate Roberts Went Down 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z XXXTentacion, messianic and immature, recorded “?” while on house arrest awaiting trial. Two SoundCloud Rap Outlaws Push Boundaries From the Fringes 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Indeed, Morris argues that Wilkinson—and American messianic movements writ large—often provided shelter to those trying to escape the hardships of being a woman. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z A baker by trade, he is newly sober and celibate, clinging to the teachings of the messianic leader Father Divine, whose portrait hangs on the living room wall. ‘Crumbs From the Table of Joy’ Review: Dreams on the Cusp of Womanhood 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z In the 1970s, for example, he openly denigrated Mohammed, and even funded an American Jesus sect, the "Children of God" – who, in turn, venerated him as a messianic figure. Dictator-lit: Gaddafi's surreal gibberish 2010-03-24T12:46:00Z It's a wonderful gateway to concert music, which is the messianic project of all these orchestras — to get as many people as possible to come and hear live music. L.A. Phil plays 'Rebel,' 'Casablanca' and 'Waterfront' as the live-to-picture craze grows 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z Bernal said Latin America has suffered – and learned from – its turbulent history of revolutions, dictatorships and messianic leaders. Gael García Bernal and Pablo Larraín: 'Trump has the nuclear codes but we have a camera' 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “In Pursuit of Silence” isn’t what you would call a well-rounded or intellectually rigorous documentary — it’s too messianic for that — but it is an interesting one. Review: ‘In Pursuit of Silence,’ a Guide to Tuning Out the Racket 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z It’s essential to appreciate, however, that there was no pre-existing expectation of an atoning messianic human sacrifice in the complex Judaism of the first century. Jesus Died Only to Rise Again. Where Did the Concept of the Resurrection Come From? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Jobs is a charismatic, messianic visionary – a fanatic for elegant design and high-end functionality. Steve Jobs always seemed eerily familiar and now I know why 2011-02-13T00:05:36Z She wants Howard to be as unhinged as possible, envisioning him as “a latter-day prophet, a magnificent messianic figure, inveighing against the hypocrisies of our times.” Review: An Electrifying Bryan Cranston Is All the Rage in ‘Network’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z As such, I am an outspoken opponent of the occupation and Israel’s right-wing, ultra-nationalist, and now messianic government. How to think about Israel and Gaza? We asked Palestinian and Jewish leaders 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z It would serve his political strategy of posing as a messianic martyr doing battle with the deep state for the sake of his supporters’ retribution. Column: Is it time for a federal judge to put a gag order on Donald Trump? 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Fascism defended a divine, messianic, and charismatic form of leadership that conceived of the leader as organically linked to the people and the nation. Time for Judge Chutkan to put a stop to Trump's antics 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z It failed to resolve any of those rivalries, and furthermore it was such a traumatic experience for most Europeans that certain otherwise “normal” people were attracted to the messianic, violent rhetoric of fascism and Nazism. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred million dollars in self-funding could keep Mr. Ramaswamy in the race for a long time, and some voters were clearly persuaded by Mr. Ramaswamy’s nearly messianic appeal for a spiritual and social renewal. The Smooth-Talking Republican Who Would Rule by Fiat 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z His most loyal followers truly believe him to be a type of divine, messianic, and all-powerful leader. Treating Trump like Jesus: Indictment proves MAGA is a cult 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z It is not unusual to hear Trump described in similarly messianic terms by his most devoted followers. Opinion | Donald Trump is promising the apocalypse 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The wide-ranging, baseless set of beliefs known as QAnon portrays Trump as a messianic figure fighting an evil cabal of Democratic elites and Hollywood celebrities who rule the world and molest and murder children. Opinion: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California's Shasta County and beyond 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Through it all, Siminoff, with a founder’s messianic zeal, repeated that it was his aim to make neighborhoods and neighbors — as Ring calls its customers — safer. Amazon Ring CEO steps aside for former Microsoft, Meta executive 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z “He is all in; he says this is his messianic mission,” Sullivan said in remarks at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington. Russia's war on Ukraine grinds into second year as Putin gambles on the long game 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z In reality, there is nothing divine or messianic about Donald Trump. Treating Trump like Jesus: Indictment proves MAGA is a cult 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Israel has a significant cohort of young radicals, many having military experience and holding religious messianic views. Opinion | A disaster for democracy looms in Israel 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z He speaks of "Tsar Putin" in almost messianic terms, parroting Russian propaganda about its fight against "fascists and Nazis". Serbia nationalist protests spike tensions over Russia 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z “He eventually got clean and started attending a messianic Jewish church in Orange County. He brought Anna to services and she buried him to Jewish customs,” Monica Luna wrote in a text. The making of Anna Paulina Luna 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z About halfway through its running time, “Candy Land” essentially dispenses with its plot and turns into a series of scenes in which the psychopath openly dispatches one victim after another, with a messianic zeal. Review: 'The Drop' doesn't always work as a comedy, but it has the ring of hard-won truth 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z He believes it is his historical destiny — his messianic mission — to reestablish the Russian Empire and, as Zbigniew Brzezinski observed years ago, there can be no Russian Empire without Ukraine. Opinion | Time is not on Ukraine’s side 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z “I was messianic about punk,” she later recalled, “seeing if one could put a spoke in the system in some way.” Vivienne Westwood, provocative British fashion designer, dies at 81 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “Viewers will surely differ in the degree to which they’re willing to separate Smith’s messianic performance in ‘Emancipation’ from his outburst at this year’s Oscars ceremony. Analysis | ‘Emancipation’ is the only movie Will Smith could do next 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z Viewers will surely differ in the degree to which they’re willing to separate Smith’s messianic performance in “Emancipation” from his outburst at this year’s Oscars ceremony. Review | ‘Emancipation’: A spectacle of suffering or sanctimonious self-regard? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z American officials debate whether Mr. Xi truly sees himself as a messianic figure on par with Mao. For Biden and Xi, a Long Relationship With Rising Mutual Suspicion 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Bono isn’t consciously describing himself when he talks about “putting the messy in messianic,” but he could be. Review | Bono’s memoir is as rambling, fascinating and maddening as he is 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Both candidates have messianic followings, but each carries extraordinary political baggage. Bolsonaro and Lula are heading to second round in Brazil election 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The Ahmadis view this small-sized city, 40 miles north of Chicago on the shores of Lake Michigan, as a place of special religious significance for their global messianic faith. Two prophets, century-old prayer duel inspire Zion mosque 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z “People have messianic expectations,” said Grieve Chelwa, a Zambian economist who received hate mail after he was critical of the I.M.F. deal. Zambia and Its New President Are Still on Their Honeymoon 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z But “I am a the Angeleno” sounds both befuddled and messianic. Knock it off with ‘Angelino.’ People in L.A. are ‘Angelenos,’ and that’s that 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump and his supporters embrace the messianic comparisons. Rust Belt voters lukewarm on some GOP candidates but eager to deliver for Trump 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The situation is ideal for a paranoid leader hearing voices urging him to fulfill his messianic destiny. Review | James Patterson’s ‘Blowback’ asks, ‘What if we elected a psychopath?’ 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Gifford just published “The God of the Way: A Journey into the Stories, People, and Faith That Changed the World Forever,” co-authored with messianic Rabbi Jason Sobel, her second major book on Jewish-Christian faith. Kathie Lee Gifford wants you to meet her best friend, Jesus 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Jewish and Judeo-Christian theology prophesies a messianic redeemer who will eventually bring peace to an unstable world. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Mr. Ramthun’s campaign is infused with Christian nationalism, presenting him as a messianic figure who will lead the state to correct what he presents as the injudicious 2020 election results. In Wisconsin, G.O.P. Voters Demand the Impossible: Decertifying 2020 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z There were times, during the elections here five years ago, when President Emmanuel Macron would sound almost messianic about the potential of his political party and his project for France. France gears up for new battle: Macron v Mélenchon 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z In an interview with The Washington Post, Hernández described his effect on supporters as “messianic.” The Trump-like TikTok star who could be Colombia’s next president 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z He then went on to describe his effect on supporters as “messianic,” and compared them to the “brainwashed” hijackers of Sept. 11, 2001, who destroyed the twin towers. In Colombia, two anti-establishment candidates head to a runoff 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Benjamin understood systems such as capitalism to be linear pathways of history that the messianic impulse interrupts, thus bringing forth a reality that does not flow from past to present but always is. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Like Trump, his rule left the country bitterly divided between supporters who view him as an almost messianic savior and opponents who see him as a corrupt fascist threatening the foundations of democracy. Prize-winning ‘Netanyahus’ author says it’s also about Trump 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Like Trump, his rule left the country bitterly divided between supporters who view him as an almost messianic savior and opponents who see him as a corrupt fascist threatening the foundations of democracy. Prize-winning ‘Netanyahus’ author says it’s also about Trump 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z But this overwrought, even messianic faith from both camps in Musk’s ability to change Twitter ignores the profound issues that the site already faces. Perspective | The real problem with Twitter under Elon Musk may involve privacy 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z It is a messianic vision impervious to reason.” Any Bolsonaro attempt to undermine Brazil election should be met with sanctions -ex U.S. diplomat 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z One example of Benjamin’s idea of the messianic would be the eradication of the socially constructed hierarchy of race. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z His delusional, messianic ideas of Russian history have fused with the disdain for the laws of war he displayed in the bloody campaign in Chechnya about two decades ago. Opinion | Has Putin’s brutality finally hit a wall in Ukraine? 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z But there is a thread of messianic rhetoric from top Russian officials, pro-Kremlin journalists, religious figures and academics, laying out the mission to revive Russian greatness. Putin’s purge of ‘traitors’ scoops up pensioners, foodies and peaceniks 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Nina dismisses such theories and instead points to Putin’s messianic, autocratic impulses and his self-regard as the next “great” figure on the Russian continuum of “greats.” Opinion | Why Russia won’t soon recover from Putin’s Ukraine blunder 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z Or are his goals more sweeping, imperial, messianic — to rebuild a Russian empire? Column: Will Putin's Ukraine invasion become a nuclear confrontation? 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z The difficulty with this idea is that messianic moments within human societies don’t seem to last. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z They might have little or no effect, however, on messianic fantasies or megalomaniacal crusades. Opinion | Putin’s attack on Ukraine is about more than his own delusions of grandeur 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The Ukraine assault, pitting a messianic Russian autocrat against the wishes of every other major nation, perhaps including China, will determine the shape of the new order to come. Opinion | Putin’s assault on Ukraine will shape a new world order 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It's an inconceivable freedom, a messianic vision of freedom, that also comes out in its nastiest angle. The distorted "freedom" of the truck convoys: “A huge number of Americans want a dictatorship" 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z In the process, they transformed Waco, Texas, once synonymous with the fiery demise of a messianic cult leader, into a theme park of farmhouse chic. They thought they were getting a home makeover. It turned into a fiasco 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But Cliven, driven by messianic Mormonism and a fringe interpretation of the Constitution that he has a divine right to the land and Washington almost no rights to the land, called for a "range war." From the Bundys to the Rotunda: How allowing far-right terrorism to fester led to the Capitol riot 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Marketing material for the production, it was reported in the Times, appeared to portray a messianic billionaire trying to monopolise the earth's resources. Hershel Fink anti-Semitism row: Royal Court theatre backers withdraw 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Paul Atreides is part of their breeding program, his messianic role on Arrakis a result of their seeding the planet with myths thousands of years earlier. The Man Who Finally Made a ‘Dune’ That Fans Will Love 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z His problem is that, like Mao and other visionaries, he has a messianic streak that could prove destabilizing for the world and downright toxic for China. Opinion | Xi Jinping’s disturbing Maoist turn 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Near the turn of the century, the messianic Ghost Dance spread rapidly among the tribes of the West, prophesying the return of the dead and the end of settler dominion. Dancing Through New York in a Summer of Joy and Grief 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Conventional wisdom has long held that “Dune” is unfilmable, that its interlocking parables of colonial oppression, ecological disaster and messianic deliverance are too vast to be contained within the flattening parameters of the cinema screen. Review: Denis Villeneuve’s 'Dune' is a transporting vision, but it could use a touch more madness 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Alexander approached the cause of overturning the election with an almost messianic fervor. Text messages show Trump aides knew Jan. 6 would likely get out of hand 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z He was on a messianic and ultimately self-destructive mission. He died homeless and forgotten. Now gay Black composer Julius Eastman finally gets his due 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z “I don’t buy houses. I solve problems,” said Scott Sekulow, who leads an Atlanta-area congregation of messianic Jews and bills himself as the Flipping Rabbi. Fast-cash house flippers flood poor neighborhoods in U.S. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z To the people of his country he adopted a typically messianic tone, describing himself as “an instrument of God” and saying El Salvador is beginning a “new history.” El Salvador's millennial president is a man with one vision: Power 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z In a messianic message that hardly anybody in football agreed with, he declared: "I don't own Real Madrid, its members do. What I am doing is for the sake of football." Inside the mind of ESL architect Perez 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z But Pena’s acolytes often speak of him in nearly messianic tones. How a scrappy Chicano from L.A. came to own a Scottish castle 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Known as Frepap, it is the political arm of a messianic religious group called the Israelites of the New Universal Pact, which merges Old Testament Christianity with Andean culture. Religious party seeks gains in Peru’s legislative elections 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The impoverished language is regurgitated not because it makes sense, but because it justifies the messianic and intoxicating right to lead humankind to paradise. The evil within us: How Christian fascist ideology led to the Atlanta killings 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z "But the end result is always the same. Their politics shift to the far right, and they think Donald Trump is some form of messianic figure or essential element in this great awakening." QAnon true believers think Trump will be inaugurated March 4. Maybe! National Guard will be ready 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z Too often this person is messianic, or someone beholden to specific donors or a charismatic elected official. Opinion | Stacey Abrams and Lauren Groh-Wargo: How to Turn Your Red State Blue 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z His former law partners are suing him for unpaid compensation, alleging that he displayed bizarre, messianic behavior. How Richard Jewell’s Lawyer Became a Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorist 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Frepap’s political opponents say its members are united but also impenetrable, and express concerns about the messianic group’s rise on the political stage. Religious party seeks gains in Peru’s legislative elections 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z But the messianic mystique of Musk, a chief executive/hype man in the vein of Apple’s Steve Jobs, was alluring. Tesla, profitable at last, bulls its way into the S&P 500 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Culiacán, Sinaloa was a relief from the weight of Argentina, a nation that fuelled his messianic sense of fate and triumph as well as inevitable disaster. Diego Maradona remembered by Angus Macqueen 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z “I had a messianic vision for myself in Russia, that I was going to free them from their oppressive government, so I was flattered when they reached out to me,” Debbins wrote. Ex-Green Beret charged with Russian espionage to enter plea 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z “They seemed to have this almost messianic way of viewing Trump as the anti-Communist leader who would bring about the end of the Chinese Communist Party,” Mr. Klett said. How The Epoch Times Created a Giant Influence Machine 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z The men perpetrating such crimes saw themselves as warriors in a messianic, frontierless war against the spread of armed revolution across Latin America. Operation Condor: the illegal state network that terrorised South America 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z A symphony of superlatives played loudly Monday on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, as speaker after speaker lavished praise on President Trump and spoke of him in messianic, almost otherworldly terms. From ‘visionary’ to ‘guardian of America’ — the Republican convention is all about Trump 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Like many messianic campaigns in American history, however, McCarthyism the movement outlived McCarthy the man. Perspective | Five myths about McCarthyism 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Trump has messianic delusions that are supported with religious fervor by millions of his supporters. Perspective | Twelve signs Trump would try to run a fascist dictatorship in a second term 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z If only the Democrats hadn’t nominated Hillary Clinton, if only Joe Biden can win the election, if only another messianic Barack Obama figure would appear and heal the nation. Racism in America is not the exception – it's the norm | Nesrine Malik 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z In South Korea, a now-closed messianic church helped to spark that country’s epidemic in February. A monastery in Ukraine once scoffed at coronavirus measures. Now, it is a hot spot. 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z A now-shut messianic church in South Korea helped spark that country’s epidemic last month. Russia’s coronavirus cases rising, but the Orthodox church holds to traditions such as kissing icons 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Climbing up through those rows of plastic seats, he looked angry but also noble and sad and messianic, like the last polar bear on earth in lone pursuit of the retreating snowline. Eric Dier's trip through the fourth wall was an oddly moving act of defiance | Barney Ronay 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z “In part, ‘Devs’ is concerned with the messianic qualities that the bosses at tech companies seem to contain,” he says. Cerebral new FX series ‘Devs’ likely to blow some minds 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Not only did voters elected 130 new legislators, replacing their entire Congress; they also brought into the fold a messianic religious group called the Israelites of the New Universal Pact. Fringe religious party gains power in crisis-stricken Peru 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z The number of cases in South Korea surged to 346, with more than half linked to a secretive religious movement with a messianic leader. Coronavirus infections increase among cruise ship passengers brought to U.S. 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Goop is a quasi-religion in itself, from its messianic head figure, its deluded self-belief, its ludicrous claims and its overflowing bank account accrued from the desperate and vulnerable, estimated to exceed $250m. Why is Gwyneth Paltrow selling a candle that smells like her vagina? 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Washington has its own messianic lobby which is arguably even more influential. Trump's brinkmanship on Iran may not stop at the brink in future 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z In an era when coaches are supposed to be obsessional, visionary philosophers, imbued by fans and news media with almost messianic, transformative powers, Allegri runs a little against the grain. He Can Have Any Job He Wants. Right Now, He Doesn’t Want One. 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z He is a long-haired messianic hyper-connected bro, whose rather basic business idea was propped up by a talent for raising money and the networks needed to do so. The WeWork debacle should be an indictment of modern finance | Nesrine Malik 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z With messianic zeal, Mattis champions reading as both “honor” and ethical duty. Review | From Jim Mattis, leadership lessons and a love letter to Marine ‘grunts’ 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z One of MGS5’s themes is the importance – and fallibility – of messianic leadership, which can’t be lost on a perfectionist who finds fault with the texture of a doorknob. Death Stranding: will Hideo Kojima’s mystery project redefine gaming? 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Only the truly messianic would welcome such an outcome – those willing to hurl the nation into the abyss and put its fate in God’s hands. Trump's brinkmanship on Iran may not stop at the brink in future 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z The man who designed the research says he is not on a messianic mission to improve America’s eating habits. A New Theory of Obesity 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z That day he was in messianic mode, stating that dialogue with Pyongyang on human rights was pointless. Inside the bizarre, bungled raid on North Korea's Madrid embassy 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Basically, I like to think of what they were doing out there as a neo-settler re-enactment Wild West show, performed for the internet, with all these messianic currents. How the strange tale of the "Oregon standoff" explains what happened in America in 2016 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z There was a delirium, bordering on the messianic, among many liberals at that time, that could be challenged but rarely penetrated. The American left's 2020 mission: not just defeat Trump – but change the world 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Trump would enjoy a happy retirement, munching on Big Macs and asserting his messianic bona fides while blaming others for the ungodly messes he left behind. Opinion | Trump claims he’s the messiah. Maybe he should quit while he’s ahead. 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z But Roosevelt’s vision extended the messianic doctrine of “manifest destiny” to world affairs, when it had earlier been thought to be limited to the North American continent. Review | How Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders heralded American empire 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Under the clownish charlatan due to succeed her – drunk on rightwing populism, English nationalism, messianic delusion and Conservative existential angst – it is now a tangible possibility. No deal would be disastrous. Labour must lead a national campaign to stop it | Owen Jones 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z It was the tribe's story that first drew me in, because I was really interested in Native American messianic ideas, particularly from the deserts. How the strange tale of the "Oregon standoff" explains what happened in America in 2016 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z But the outfit’s Christian Cummings, whose excitable manner gives him a slightly messianic vibe, rushed to correct a misconception. What Is It with Millennials and Cactuses? 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Lieberman, however, is making a play for the support of Israel’s substantial secular and right-leaning voters, who he assesses are unenthusiastic about these more messianic aspects of Netanyahu’s and Trump’s aspirations. A Trump Middle East peace plan initiative minus Israelis and Palestinians 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z For 20 minutes he waxes lyrical, his corporate terminology belying a chilling messianic zeal. 'It's very good': how soap made from siphoned human fat left audiences in a lather 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z At times, Polunin sounds messianic, at others like a lost little boy. Self-destructive dance superstar Sergei Polunin: 'Ukraine put me on a list of terrorists' 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z He becomes their messianic leader, and works to lead a revolution on the planet to overthrow the Harkonnens. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will hit theaters in November 2020 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z “Guaidó is a messianic figure now,” said Vanessa Neumann, president of the risk analysis firm Asymmetrica and occasional adviser to various opposition members. This man plotted Guaidó's rise – and still dreams of leading Venezuela 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z The Shin Bet pointed to links between the yeshiva, or religious school, attended by the suspect in the stoning case and the kind of anti-Zionist, messianic ideology behind the Revolt. As West Bank Violence Surges, Israel Is Silent on Attacks by Jews 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z Jacob, whose name was later changed to Israel, was the father of the 12 tribes of Israel, and Isaiah was a prophet who is credited in Christianity with many messianic prophecies. Carrie Underwood, Mike Fisher say newborn is ‘gift from the Lord,’ give him biblical name 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z If Bolsonaro’s messianic capitalism is not stopped, life on this planet will be much worse for everyone. He’s been president a week – and already Bolsonaro is damaging Brazil | Eliane Brum 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The result, Naipaul wrote, “was neither racial justice nor socialism but a messianic parody of both.” An apocalyptic cult, 900 dead: remembering the Jonestown massacre, 40 years on 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z “He definitely sees himself in messianic terms, as a man of history,” the person said, adding that Mohammed “cares deeply about the country.” After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince’s ‘dark’ and bullying side 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z A desperate population searched for a messianic leader who would bring new glory, strength, moral renewal and vengeance. Why the left must go beyond electoral politics: Chris Hedges and David Talbot in conversation 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z “I’m looking around, and I don’t see much evidence we are in messianic times,” he said. Meat Labs Pursue a Once-Impossible Goal: Kosher Bacon 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The idea of a special messianic “mission” for Jews achieved an apotheosis at the conclave of rabbis in Pittsburgh who established what became known as Classical Reform Judaism. Opinion | How America’s Jews Learned to Be Liberal 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z He drifted away from traditional Christian teachings, describing himself in messianic terms and claiming he was the reincarnation of figures like Christ and Buddha. An apocalyptic cult, 900 dead: remembering the Jonestown massacre, 40 years on 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z Few movements are better funded and coordinated or more messianic than the environmental left. They Won’t Sink Zinke 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The soaring, even messianic, rhetoric was aimed at overcoming lukewarm support for a space force in Congress, which must approve its creation, and at the Pentagon. Pence says Pentagon should create 'space force' to 'defeat a new generation of threats' 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z While rarely made so explicit, a certain messianic utopianism does pervade much of the psychedelic research community. Should We Loosen the Restrictions on Psychedelics? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Just to be clear, what distinction do you mean between prophetic and messianic? Scholar Robert Meister on a new model: Using the financial markets to fuel historical justice 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Supporters see him as the only hope for cleaning up Mexican politics; critics view him as a messianic populist. Win by López Obrador Pushes Mexico Sharply to Left 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z Even some fellow leftists worry about a messianic streak. Ex-rebel looks to defy odds in Colombia presidential race 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z He could have had no way of knowing that Trump had actually had a science fiction movie made, starring the two of them as messianic saviours of the planet. Solidarity of heirs on the Trump and Kim surreality show 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z It was dismissed as arrogant, messianic and annoying. Opinion | The G-7 debacle reveals Trump unbound 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z The prophetic is a moment that unites prediction and conversion, and in doing that, disrupts the logic of postponing justice to await conversion that is essential to the messianic. Scholar Robert Meister on a new model: Using the financial markets to fuel historical justice 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Even worse, some opponents see the candidate as a messianic strongman in the making, who would use the anti-corruption campaign to consolidate power or prosecute political enemies. If he becomes president, this man will turn Mexico’s White House into a public park 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Theatrical thinking is both more cynical and more messianic: How do we create a martyrdom performance that will show the world how oppressed we are? Extremism on both sides of Gaza fence 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z In Israel, they have been welcomed by a growing group of religious-nationalist Jews who share their messianic fervor. Israel at 70: Contrasting images of victory and violence 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps American Jews recognize that Trump, and the messianic Christians driving his policy, are leading Israel away from democracy and security. Opinion | Nothing says ‘peace’ like 58 dead Palestinians 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z With messianic fervour, he conjures up marginalised voices and the horrors of mass incarceration, against a backbeat of sporting thrills and that apocalyptic crescendo. Crime, punishment and the end of the world 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z This kingdom — against the messianic expectation of some of Jesus’s followers — did not involve a revolt against the Roman Empire. Opinion | A few evangelicals forge a path back to God’s kingdom 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z The pop star raised his hands, striking a messianic pose from the stage as the adoring crowd strained to touch the edges of his flowing robe. NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live' shouldn't have worked. Here's why it did 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z One of the most insistent riffs in rock is married to a lyric about a messianic figure recruiting disciples. 5 songs you didn't know were about God 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Maybe he oversold the album's concept in the unintentionally laughable video clip he used to announce "Man of the Woods," which had him inhaling campfire smoke and striking messianic poses in a river. Justin Timberlake is a song-and-dance sham on the faux-folksy 'Man of the Woods' 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z Gilead Sher, a veteran Israeli diplomat and peace negotiator during the Camp David talks in the 1990s, said Pence's speech "was on the verge of messianic, evangelical messaging" and lacked substance. Pence's formula for survival: Praise Trump and act as a pin cushion for angry allies 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z “The messianic discourse of Pence is a gift to extremists”, he wrote. U.S., EU discordant notes on Jerusalem underline Mideast policy rift 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Some messianic next-generation internet protocol is not likely to emerge out of Department of Defense research, the way the first-generation internet did nearly 50 years ago. Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z “Don’t let anybody make you think God chose America as His divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world,” King once said. If Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, politicians would denounce him | Steven W Thrasher 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z The adulation is part of a religious, near messianic mystique surrounding the militias, now poised to be a major player in Iraq. From sniper to saint, showing Iraqi Shiite militias’ power 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z He is raised by that clan and grows into a messianic leader of a band of killers, a gunman with a preacher’s white collar but no sheen of redemption. America's anxious times made it a banner year for villains and bad guys in movies and TV 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z “The messianic discourse of Pence is a gift to extremists”, he wrote. U.S., EU discordant notes on Jerusalem underline Mideast policy rift 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z However heroic, it is a stance that often leaves him looking vaguely alone and self-obsessed, with some critics even calling him messianic. Mexico’s leftist presidential front-runner sells personality 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Trump was cultivating a segment of his passionate base that views Jerusalem in messianic terms. Opinion | Has Trump botched the Palestinian deal already? 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z He added, with messianic fervor: “And soon Jerusalem will be the capital of the whole world.” Daily Life in Jerusalem? ‘Difficult’ and ‘Intense’ for Arab and Jew 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Names of individuals affiliated with the administration’s policy toward Israel spoke volumes of the messianic nature of the government’s outlook. The U.S. drops the act and walks wholly into the Israeli camp 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Yes, because Kim Jong-Un is a real danger to South Korea, Japan and others with his false messianic hold on power. Ghostly Boats Carry North Korean Crews, Dead and Alive, to Japan 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z The Russian Revolution mobilized a popular passion across the world based on Marxism-Leninism, fueled by messianic zeal. Opinion | What If the Russian Revolution Had Never Happened? 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z He explains the competing tensions within Persian Shiism of temporal and spiritual legitimacy, intertwined with messianic revivalism, mysticism and dissent. A modern history of Iran 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z As members of Charles Manson's messianic cult, several of the so-called Family committed murders at his request. Where are the Manson Family members now? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Xi’s path from average administrator to messianic leader is a tale of luck, underestimation and strategy. How China's Xi Jinping went from administrator to authoritarian 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z But he also said that Mr. Bannon had a “messianic” complex that made it difficult to work together. Anthony Scaramucci: Steve Bannon has white nationalist ‘tendencies’ 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z THE most esteemed Silicon Valley CEOs often have a messianic aura. A new play unpicks the figure of the messianic tech billionaire 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Like Trump, Trump Lawyers tend to have something of an attention-grabbing rebellious streak: Sekulow, who grew up Jewish in Brooklyn, now identifies as a messianic Jew; he believes that Jesus is the messiah. All the President’s Lawyers 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z President Wilson’s April 2 speech calling for Americans to “make the world safe for democracy” was messianic and romantic, Mr. Kazin said, inspiring the patriotic vibes that swelled so obviously on the Fourth of July. July Fourth 100 years ago makes familiar headlines 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z For Masri, a primary apocalyptic focus was the appearance of the Mahdi, i.e., the end-of-days messianic figure of Islam who will, some believe, lead the Muslim army into the battle of Armageddon in Dabiq. The defeat of ISIS will not bring the end of terrorism — more likely a new beginning 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z National Religious elites are now taking a sober look at the false promises of the rabbis who promulgate messianic fervor. How the Six-Day War Built a Messianic Strain Still in Israeli Politics 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z The first half is messianic, hinting at a salvation long prayed for, and the second half sounds like a software company. Why Emmanuel Macron’s Win Is Good News for Theresa May 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z The last one I ended up at was a Pentecostal messianic Jewish cult school. When Father John Misty Met Patton Oswalt 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama thought Mr. Bush’s democracy push was too messianic, but he did encourage protesters during the Arab Spring and he did suspend some arms sales to Egypt after a military takeover. Trump Speaks Out, in Muted Tones, on Rights Abuses 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The way they see it, justice prevailed two decades after a group of messianic Israelis set up their homes at a place Palestinians once called Al Mazaria, or “farmers hill,” and declared it Amona. The little NGO that managed to move an Israeli settlement 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Sophie Jaff, who is working on the messianic dystopian thriller, the third in a trilogy scheduled for publication next year by HarperCollins, said she shared her fears and complaints with other writers. A Birthplace for Novels and Essays 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The day’s bitter clashes transfixed the nation, as Jews evicted Jews, with the democratic state fighting to uphold the rule of law as religious, messianic settlers claimed the rule of God. Israeli police begin forced removal of Amona settlers in the West Bank 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z “If they are compared, the Mexican public could think, ‘Gee, it’s tough to vote for a messianic guy who’s going to get into trouble with the United States.'” Mexico president gets a bounce from clash with Trump 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z Few will enjoy this gross spectacle more than Vladimir Putin, Russia’s messianic president, and his plausibly deniable teams of cyberhackers, conspirators, fake newsmen and skilled muddiers of pools. The Observer view on president-elect Donald Trump | Observer editorial 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Given hope’s roots in Bethlehem, it’s no coincidence that so many sky’s-the-limit politicians turn messianic. Michelle’s Trump Despair 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Not everything went perfectly this year for the engineer with a near messianic cult of admirers. The tech winners and losers of 2016 (hint: Facebook – and Facebook) 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z We’re in a world war against a messianic mass movement of evil people, most of them inspired by a totalitarian ideology: radical Islam.” It’s Trump’s war soon: Afghan progress far from clear 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z With a messianic push for political union, unelected Brussels bureaucrats, drunk on centralized power and the ability to impose a globalist agenda on their subjects, went too far. To save the disintegrating European Union, look to the east 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z But for those watching state media, where Cubans endlessly described Castro in messianic, almost god-like terms, a cult of personality already seemed well underway. AP PHOTOS: In Cuba, a near-religious farewell to Castro 2016-12-04T05:00:00Z Castro meanwhile was celebrated as a counter-culture idol and a magnetic if messianic polymath. Former Cuban President Fidel Castro Dies at 90 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z “We’re in a world war against a messianic mass-movement of evil people, most of them inspired by totalitarian ideology: radical Islam,” he wrote in a book published earlier this year. Donald Trump’s national-security team takes shape 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z “We’re in a war against a messianic mass movement of evil people, most of them inspired by a totalitarian ideology: radical Islam,” the ex-general wrote. Donald Trump’s team puts ‘radical Islam’ front and center in terror fight 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “We’re in a world war against a messianic mass movement of evil people, most of them inspired by a totalitarian ideology: Radical Islam,” he writes. Trump’s security picks deepen Muslim worries about an anti-Islamic White House 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The vision of a new Middle East was a “messianic” one, Mr. Goodman said in an interview, and Mr. Peres was its prophet. Israel Without Shimon Peres? In Many Ways, His Dream Faded Long Ago 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z She has no patience for messianic rhetoric and hyperbolic slogans and grandiose speeches. ‘I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse’ 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z “Very messianic, very demagogic. They tell you: ‘Don’t worry, you don’t have a job? Vicente Fox, former Mexican president, destroys Donald Trump pinata in Los Angeles 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z "Aside from being weird and messianic it's completely wrong," says Fetterman. Poisoning the Working Class 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Eker seethed over Washington’s seeming ambivalence toward the situation on Thursday, describing Mr. Gulen’s movement as a “messianic and double-faced cult” that has “clandestine operations” aimed at overthrowing the Turkish government. Turkish leader calls for U.S.-Turkey ‘joint operation’ in Syria 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Most of its members, however, subscribe to Millah Abraham, a new messianic faith that draws on elements of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. Back-to-the-land spiritual movement in Indonesia sparks government crackdown 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z If no President “since Woodrow Wilson has . . . so firmly believed that he was the instrument of God’s will,” just how did the messianic annunciation take place? How Bad Can a President Be? 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z If “The Graduate” were written today, the messianic businessman’s “one word” to Dustin Hoffman’s aimless character might be “biometrics” instead of “plastics.” U.S. Senate, Orlando, Donald Trump: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z The Bar Kochba rebellion was a last gasp, led by a messianic figure who declared himself prince of a Jewish state. Israeli archaeologists rush to dig at Cave of Skulls before looters take everything 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z The passage describes Jesus being sharply questioned, in Jerusalem, about his messianic claims. A Wing and a Prayer: Island-hopping pastor Beth Purdum preaches in the San Juans 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Fired by almost messianic conviction, Field believed that the great endeavor would be accomplished swiftly. The Forgotten Material That Changed the World 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z The first is ideological: neo-Zionist, religiously inflected zealotry for the Land of Israel, representing at most a fifth of Israel’s Jews and valorizing the settlement project as messianic. How Israel Lost Its Latest Chance for a Peace Process 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z “I would characterize him as a bit messianic,” Montgolfier told me. The Great Swiss Bank Heist 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z We were in the hands of dictators, messianic leaders, and we paid a huge price. Mexico’s Vicente Fox: Why a Trump presidency should scare both Mexicans and Americans 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z The word “messianic” comes up often in discussions of his psychology. On the Run in Burundi 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z It’s politics clothed in messianic garb, and its primary tools are censorship and intimidation. The environmental campaign that punishes free speech 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z The Republican Party’s small government conservatism ceases to exist when they believe the private activity is a sin against God and his messianic offspring, Ronald Reagan. The GOP’s crusade to punish women gains steam: Alabama is trying to make abortion illegal, without any exceptions whatsoever 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The Mahdi is the end-of-days messianic figure of both Sunni and Shia Islam, although his role in each tradition is considerably different. This threat is worse than ISIS: Once again, we don’t understand the real enemy 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Its members are now almost messianic about their digital mission which they describe as "government as a platform". Making government a bit more digital - BBC News 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The Shin Bet says the hilltop youth are extremists who view God, not Israeli law, as sovereign and share a messianic ideology with some rabbis bent on installing a Jewish monarchy in Israel. Radical Israeli Rabbis Come Under Fire Amid Settler Violence 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Steeped in messianic Jewish mysticism and rebelling against what they see as adulterated modern Zionism, the Hilltop Youth number in the hundreds, by most accounts. Defiance among rogue settlers as Israel accuses Jewish youth of murder 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z “These are disenfranchised youth with very few leaders who are messianic activists riding on waves of suspicion and ignorance.” Jewish Extremists’ Attacks Rattle Christians in Holy Land 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z At an auto show prior to the car’s release, I spent an hour talking with its chief engineer, Andreas Preuninger, whose fervor for details was nearly messianic. Driving Porsche's most perfect, most elusive 911 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z He provides a kind of messianic leadership and he’s got some great chops as a filmmaker. Harrison Ford on reuniting with Han's blaster, and forgiving Lawrence Kasdan for the Ewoks 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z He wanted to compare the Ghost Dance, a messianic religious movement among the Plains Indians in the late 1800s, with the work of cubist painters in Paris several decades later. How H.G. Wells missed writing a book that became a Vonnegut classic 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z As he spoke to the excited crowd, Mr. Glassman’s remarks at times sounded religious — “We’re the stewards of something,” he said — and salvific, even messianic. Some Turn to Church; Others, to CrossFit 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The book is its own elegant paradox: analytical in tone and often lucidly argued, yet punctuated by moments of messianic urgency. The Doomsday Invention 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “With the consistency and stubbornness of a mule, the messianic deputy foreign minister Hotovely fans the flames of incitement in the entire Middle East,” he said. Israel sends Islamic Movement sheik to prison for incitement 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z In the twenty years since Rabin was killed, Israel has become more religious, more conservative, and, to borrow a word from Ephron, more “messianic.” The Assassination that Killed Peace in Israel 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The Palestinians, however, are more attentive to conspiracy theories based on statements by the messianic Israeli right. Why It's Time for Israel to Close Temple Mount to Jews 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z For one sliver of the political community to assume it has a mission to force its agenda on everyone else is a destructive, messianic form of arrogance. Editorials from around New England 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z One question hanging over the rally is how the youthful Black Lives Matter movement, which presents itself as leaderless, will jibe with the exhortations of the 82-year-old Farrakhan, who presents himself as a messianic force. The Million Man March: Its effect may be debatable. Its significance is not. 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Although he is often portrayed as messianic or even crazy, Kony has been a shrewd, if extremely predatory, operator, and has proven adaptable and resilient under extremely harsh conditions. Joseph Kony and Mutiny in the Lord’s Resistance Army 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Such a deal, Ephron says, would have “struck a blow for the pragmatists over the ideologues” and helped slow what he calls “the messianic drift” in Israeli society. The Assassination that Killed Peace in Israel 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z As a caper flick, “The Walk” is an engaging homage to process and problem solving, and Gordon-Levitt does a fine job of channeling Petit, whose impish sense of mischief belies the messianic ego underneath. ‘The Walk’ review: A high-wire act with stomach-flipping you-are-there-ness 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z The film’s release coincides with a re-emergence of far-right messianic extremism in the Israeli consciousness, adding to the feeling that little has changed. Film Examines Israel’s Political Climate at Time of Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Is he supposed to be floating, messianically, over the waves? 'Why, Jeb?' Pro-Bush pamphlet's bizarre portrait prompts even more questions 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z He was subjected to unusually harsh personal attacks from senior Israeli officials who described him as "messianic" and determined to become a Nobel laureate at Israel's expense. For Kerry, Iran nuke deal offers success and a likely legacy after diplomatic disappointments 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Its adherents were led — some would say dominated — by a man with a messianic sense of himself, David Koresh. Memories of Waco Siege Continue to Fuel Far-Right Groups 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z While some Houthis seek to participate in the political process, others are driven by a messianic zeal and speak of sacking Jerusalem and Mecca, Saudi Arabia, exacerbating fears in that country. Saudi Intervention Only Fans Yemen’s Flames 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z At another point, he concluded, according to Nasar, that he was a “messianic figure of great but secret importance” and searched numerals — once the object of his brilliance — for hidden messages. John F. Nash Jr. dies; Nobel laureate’s life story inspired ‘A Beautiful Mind’ 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z In 2007, he ruled for the Lubavitch Orthodox Jewish movement’s central organization in a highly charged dispute with a messianic group over control of the movement’s headquarters in Brooklyn. Ira Harkavy, Common-Sense New York Judge, Dies at 84 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Our responsibility is greater in the absence of a messianic presence. 3 Counterintuitive Lessons From Passover 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z It morphs the characters in his albums from lost, weary souls into messianic beings. Sufjan Stevens' gorgeous new album is what grown-up emotional music should sound like 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z That project was rather dubious to start with, given its association with older colonial discourses, Orientalist positions and messianic undertones targeting women, especially in the Muslim world. Can You Be an Islamist and a Feminist? 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The Isawa in particular ran egregiously afoul of the existing theological consensus of the caliphate by recognizing the messianic status of Jesus and integrating that belief into their Muslim devotions. Boko Haram Is Hardly a New Phenomenon in Nigeria 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Dominic Ongwen, a senior commander with the Lord’s Resistance Army, the brutal militia led by messianic leader Joseph Kony, surrendered to Muslim rebels in the Central African Republic. Detention of warlord raises legal questions for Pentagon 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z They constitute a messianic religious mass movement, just as the Communists, fascists and Nazis did in the last century. Terrorist Attack In Paris Proves We Must Defeat The Islamist Jihadists 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Those results may be unsatisfying to those hoping for a messianic return, but Rose’s efforts to readjust should continue to pay off — that is, as long as his legs hold up. N.B.A. Game of the Week: Warriors at Bulls 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z “There are people in the Israeli government for the first time who are messianic fanatics,” he said. Europe Takes Stronger Measures, Albeit Symbolic, to Condemn Israeli Policies 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z Unlike the late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, Baghdadi does not present himself as a charismatic, messianic leader to his followers. Would Killing Baghdadi End ISIS? 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z They believe that the creator of our natural differences made a cosmic error that they must rectify, and many leftists pursue this goal with a fervor aptly characterized as messianic. Class Warfare One More Time: The Left-Wing And The Right-Wing Versions 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z Israeli news reports called that payback for Yaalon, who in January, employing some trenchant language of his own, reportedly called Kerry “obsessive” and “messianic” in his bid to revive the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Name-calling flap is latest sign of tension between Israel and U.S. 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Ablow’s jihad entails a mixture of quasi-fascist, jingoistic propaganda; messianic crusades to force other countries to adopt U.S. institutions and political practices; and the installation of puppet regimes around the globe. Fox News doctor’s creepy jingoism: Keith Ablow calls for “American jihad” 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Another youth described crossing the barren hills, expecting to kill or be killed as he passed a cleft between striated cliffs where, he emphasized, some Shiites believe the Mahdi, a messianic figure, will reappear. Sectarian Wedge Pushes From Syria Into Lebanon 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z But Bale will hardly be the first actor to try on a black turtleneck and messianic gaze. Christian Bale will be just the latest actor to play Steve Jobs President Obama, in his messianic period, declared that choosing between security and liberty was a false choice. Charles Krauthammer: Ebola vs. civil liberties That’s what news anchors or defense lawyers say, but it’s not what messianic extremists proclaim. The Muddled Message in ISIS’ Latest Agitprop Video 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z The arrests were the result of a four-month-long undercover investigation prompted by reports that the messianic sect was taking advantage of women members. 'Messianic' prostitution ring busted 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Hamas, however, is not a messianic jihadist movement but a local organisation with a pragmatic political leadership and limited aims. For Israel, the beginning of wisdom is to admit its mistakes 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z Over time, however, these Jewish roots have often been pushed to the background, in favor of a lot more messianic Christian depictions of Superman. How Superheroes Helped Hollywood Rediscover The Bible - Part 1 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z David Moyes looked positively messianic after Manchester United’s 4-1 win at Swansea in last season’s first league match before … well you know what happened. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z It was filled by Iranian adventurism, by Russian meddling, by Bashar al-Assad’s mass atrocities, by Gulf state money flowing to disturbing places and by expansionist, ruthless, messianic Islamist radicalism. The limits of leading from behindNo time to lead from behind “You look at the moves he’s making here and in foreign policy, and a picture’s emerging that this is a guy who sees himself in almost messianic terms, sent to save the party,” said Johnson. China to investigate once-powerful Zhou Yongkang, former domestic security chief A year after Mr. Bey photographed Mr. Obama, the candidate was rousing messianic fantasies on the left, stoked by the election’s most memorable image: Shepard Fairey’s “Hope” poster. Meditation on President Obama's Portrait 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z While she is likable, articulate, and vulnerable, her blend of cheerful defiance and messianic libertarianism can read either as inspirational or delusional. Off the Grid in a Florida Suburb, Fighting Municipal Code 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z In a way, Mr Putin’s messianic Russian nationalism, Mr Erdogan’s Islamism and Chinese leaders’ exhortations of sacrifice take the edge off the sleaze. Because we’re worth it 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z "He's got all these powers and it seems to imply this kind of rather striking sense of destiny. The language he uses is increasingly grandiose and almost messianic." Analysis: Purge displays Chinese leader's ambition 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Having enjoyed a poor start in life—he was given up for adoption as the newborn baby of an unknown mother—he is messianic in his regard for education’s transformative power, especially among the poor. Michael Gove, school swot 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z This was, in retrospect, perhaps also the moment when the prime minister began to lose a little of his messianic faith in his behavioural revolution. Nudge economics: has push come to shove for a fashionable theory? 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z Following someone with a messianic belief is even more exciting. Nigel Farage, George Galloway … why we're queuing up to listen to the mavericks 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Having landed on a way to “de-calorize” her diet, she added — and as a person of self-described compulsive tendencies, she also allowed — “I simply couldn’t help but become messianic about it.” Barbara Gibbons, 79, Writer of ‘Slim Gourmet’ Cookbooks, Dies 2014-04-06T02:35:46Z The Washington Post's called him "insufferable" with a "messianic sense of self-importance". Selling Snowden 2014-03-11T19:49:14Z An article published on Christianity Today’s website tied the two to a Korean pastor named David Jang, and it described Mr. Jang as a controversial, messianic figure. Tiny Digital Publisher to Put Newsweek Back in Print 2014-03-03T01:49:50Z Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, was quoted by an Israeli newspaper as saying that Mr. Kerry was driven by “misplaced obsession and messianic fervor” in his quest for a peace accord. Shrugging Off Past Setbacks, Obama Plans Personal Role in Middle East Peace Bid 2014-02-27T01:19:05Z Conservatives accused him of anti-Semitism, dealing Israel out of existence, indulging a “messianic” streak, knowing better than Israel what is good for it. John Kerry’s policy of surrender: His failures are redefining American exceptionalism 2014-02-24T17:05:00Z One minister was quoted as calling Kerry "messianic" while another said he was expecting the Jewish state to negotiate with a gun to its head. Kerry is reluctant 'star' of Israeli settlers' spoof 2014-02-06T15:53:06Z In January, Israel's defense minister was quoted scorning his quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace as "messianic" and obsessive. Kerry plays down criticism from Israeli officials, citizens 2014-02-06T00:42:56Z Israel's hawkish defense chief, Moshe Yaalon, was quoted by an Israeli newspaper on Tuesday as calling Kerry's efforts "messianic," and dismissing a U.S.-proposed security plan for the occupied West Bank. Kerry says undeterred by Israeli criticism of peace push 2014-01-15T12:43:14Z There is something vaguely messianic about Sanderson Jones and his humanist project. Doing church without God 2013-11-01T09:56:18Z He argued that the messianic Jesus worshiped by modern Christians was largely created in the first three centuries after he died. Geza Vermes, Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar, Dies at 88 2013-05-16T14:42:27Z In this scenario, Derrick Rose becomes this messianic figure returning to save the NBA from most perfunctory Eastern Conference playoffs of the 21st century. Chicago stamps out the Heat's win streak – but the NBA is the real loser 2013-03-28T16:09:11Z Chris said, ‘Wouldn’t that be a good use of your messianic complex?’ Bono's Breaking News: Seven Thousand Children Are Not Dying Every Day 2013-02-27T02:18:12Z With “The Gatekeepers,” yes, they are pragmatic, they don’t follow these messianic issues that political leaders pursue on both sides. Is a two-state solution still possible — or is Israel toast? 2013-01-31T12:45:00Z There is one element of the Chávez leadership, however, that is no different from any of Latin America’s other personality-driven authoritarian regimes: its messianic nature. Op-Ed Contributors: Chávez, the Missing President 2013-01-23T01:29:17Z They say I am on a messianic mission. Netanyahu tries to hold back far-right surge before Israel votes 2013-01-06T12:17:33Z It’s more important to be messianic about all of these details before worrying about anything else. Why the Small-Business Landscape Isn't So Gloomy 2012-12-26T15:14:10Z Essentially, do you want to live in a world run by genetically enhanced messianic nerds with robot limbs? Do you want to live in a world run by messianic geeks with robot limbs? 2012-12-10T13:00:04Z But the messianic grandiosity of his self-justification is a little disconcerting. Julian Assange: the fugitive 2012-12-07T22:58:00Z Many other pagan sun gods and resurrected “saviors” had been purportedly born on Dec. 25 long before a sect of messianic Jews came up with their own version of the story. Former minister: ‘We atheists love this time of year like everyone else’ 2012-12-05T19:23:41Z An author's latest is always "their best yet", while every debut is heralded with messianic zeal. The digital treasures that are gathering dust 2012-10-13T23:05:30Z The two men—and the two companies—shared an uncanny number of characteristics, from dramatic product presentations and press adulation to almost messianic ambition and a yen for simplicity. Q&A: How Polaroid Paved the Way for Apple 2012-10-04T17:58:26Z Netanyahu may believe that NATO’s policies of containment and deterrence won’t work against Tehran because its leaders—unlike Stalin and Mao—are bloodthirsty tyrants who sometimes speak in messianic, apocalyptic terms. Bibi’s Botched History Lesson 2012-09-28T18:15:00Z He repeated familiar rhetoric at the U.N., portraying Iran’s leadership as an apocalyptic, suicidal cult akin to al-Qaeda that welcomed death and its own destruction in order to usher in a messianic era. Apocalyptic Talk Aside, Israel Dials Down Threat to Bomb Iran--For Now 2012-09-28T13:35:42Z Moreover, Ahmadinejad clung to the messianic rhetoric that animates political discourse in the Islamic Republic: humanity, he says, strives for “higher plateaus” and a “beautiful event.” Ahmadinejad Leaves World Stage with a Whimper 2012-09-27T18:35:22Z It has this messianic message as well as this deep sense of subversion. Listen to celebrities read “Moby-Dick” 2012-09-19T21:37:00Z Add to that mix the emaciated state of liberal Israeli politics, the messianic orientation that infuses religious nationalism and the catastrophism endemic to much Zionist thinking — and the seven lean years look set to continue. Op-Ed Contributor: Seven Lean Years of Peacemaking 2012-09-11T23:26:08Z "Our role is not inheriting that messianic role," he told the Associated Press. 'Moonie' Church mourns founder 2012-09-03T14:11:42Z “Our role is not inheriting that messianic role,” he said. Rev. Sun Myung Moon, Founder of the Unification Church, Dies at 92 2012-09-02T20:35:28Z Silicon Valley has a long tradition of civic-minded capitalism and a pronounced messianic streak. Social+Capital, the League of Extraordinarily Rich Gentlemen 2012-07-26T17:00:50Z The former employee said there was a "messianic" quality to Wasendorf's desire to shift operations to his hometown, describing the new building as a "compound" but also acknowledging a practical aspect to the move. MF Global redux: CFTC says Iowa broker misused over $200 million 2012-07-10T18:48:39Z The former employee said there was a "messianic" quality to Wasendorf's desire to shift operations to his home town, describing the new building as a "compound" but also acknowledged a practical aspect to the move. MF Global redux as regulator says PFGBest client funds missing 2012-07-10T04:08:45Z Some also say that the show is preachy, even messianic, and that its research is not always up to scratch. The New Hero of Indian Television 2012-07-07T17:31:34Z Tradition has it that that particular portal would only open on the last day of the world — a local superstition wrapped up in messianic fables that the Islamists wanted to prove hollow. Islamist Militia Destroys Mali's Historic Relics 2012-07-03T02:35:32Z She received a messianic reception during her five days in Thailand. Suu Kyi set to steal Myanmar spotlight on Euro tour 2012-06-13T09:16:59Z At one debate, she called her rival “messianic,” saying it was important to talk to “all the structures.” Camila Vallejo, the World?s Most Glamorous Revolutionary 2012-04-05T21:31:06Z The orthodox were at first cool because they had always dreamed of a nationalism inspired by messianic ideals, while the liberals had long come to dissociate those universalistic ideals from all national limitations. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Denationalized Judaism contributed the social ideal: the messianic hope of a world-wide Kingdom of God. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z Unlike most other countries in the Middle East, Iran is majority Shi’ite, and its theocratic government styles itself at the revolutionary vanguard of a form of messianic Shi’ism. Has the NYPD Been Secretly Profiling Muslims? 2012-02-03T17:05:34Z He soon had almost messianic hopes for the social network, saying repeatedly that he wanted to “give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected.” Facebook, Wall Street: Friends with Benefits 2012-02-02T04:45:26Z For those who accuse the Europeans of being too messianic in their greenery, there is more evidence. European transport policy: Greening the skies 2012-01-05T16:00:47Z The demons in possession of the man who was healed by Jesus were the first to divine and to salute His messianic dignity. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z He was still, even in Mark, just the prophet mighty in deed and word, raised up by God from among his brethren, and for his obedience exalted to the messianic throne of glory. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z Evelyn was reviewing for an English audience one of the great crises in Jewish history, the career of the man who has been called Judaism's "most notorious messianic claimant." The History of Sabatai Sevi The Suppos'd Messiah of the Jews 2011-12-19T03:00:39.147Z But even a messianic rescuer needs a day off, if only to come back stronger the next. Lives Restored: Man Uses His Schizophrenia to Gather Clues for Daily Living 2011-11-26T01:41:45Z Young, messianic insurgents are viciously resisting the African Union troops, sometimes fighting hand to hand, with both sides suffering heavy losses. Africa Forces Surprise Many With Success in Subduing Somalia 2011-11-25T02:44:28Z He said Martelly's determined insistence on pursuing the army's restoration could rekindle fears that surfaced during his election campaign about his links with former military figures and about a potential messianic authoritarian streak. Analysis: Haitian army: ghost of bloody past set for revival 2011-11-17T21:16:51Z If the canon of written law be the God-given condition of the messianic promise, then no man can aspire to share in the hope of Israel who does not submit unreservedly to its yoke. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who once told me he believes that Iran is led by a “messianic, apocalyptic cult,” is correct to view Iran as a threat to his country’s existence. Why Obama Might Save Israel From Nuclear Iran: Jeffrey Goldberg 2011-11-08T08:44:12Z As regards the “messianic” expression in the face of the child, Raphael, honest man, who would not paint any state of soul in which he did not believe, has amiably cheated his religious admirers. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z The same conception still dominates the thoughts of the Reformers, and is expressed by them in their doctrine of Israel's messianic mission. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Jobs spoke of his desire to make "a dent in the universe," bringing a messianic intensity to his message that technology was a tool to improve human life and unleash creativity. Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs dies at 56 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z He acknowledges thereby that he is following another Way, a way of "grace," a short-cut, as it were, to a share in Israel's messianic inheritance by the "favour" of a pretended Messiah. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z There is a messianic rapture inevitably attached to these groups: only a select few will be chosen, only a select few will survive the Holocaust that their God, or ideology, are prompting them to facilitate. Turning Box Cutters Into Plowshares: Part 2, The Solution. 2011-09-11T17:07:54Z It's no secret that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is given to messianic rhetoric. Why Hugo ChÁvez's Dramatic Re-Appearance May Not Be Enough 2011-07-06T08:55:00Z Conservative clerics, convinced that the ambitious, messianic president remains determined to supplant them, rebuked Mr. Ahmadinejad for elevating his own station. A Divine Wind Blows Against Iran?s President 2011-06-23T00:09:31Z A radicalized violent minority combines militancy with messianic visions to inspire and mobilize an army of God whose jihad they believe will liberate Muslims at home and abroad. Arabic for right-wingers 2011-06-17T01:01:00Z Thus the messianic Redemption is a redemption from a system issuing in sin and death. The Making of the New Testament 2012-03-30T02:00:20.917Z Translation: The rally will be filled with ambiguous messianic rhetoric and will oppose any sharing of Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians, both of whom claim the city as their national capital. Glenn Beck to hold Jerusalem rally 2011-05-16T16:15:00Z It was only years later, after Qaddafi grew frustrated with the pace of change, that his messianic and violent persona emerged. Magazine Preview: On Libya?s Revolutionary Road 2011-03-30T14:23:43Z Their leader is often dismissed as a madman and his fighters as little more than murderous thugs, yet the messianic Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army is Africa's longest-surviving and most-feared rebel group. Living in terror 2011-02-16T06:51:07Z "Have they thought through the impact of their messianic message about literature on the most vulnerable in our society?" Overnight protest held at library 2011-02-06T04:37:10Z In the BBC interview, Mr. Assange acknowledged obliquely that he had high ambitions for himself, saying, “Everybody would like to be a messianic figure without dying.” Under ?High-Tech House Arrest,? WikiLeaks Founder Takes the Offensive 2010-12-23T04:10:19Z In the Financial Times, the reviewer Richard Waters accused him of taking "interesting phenomena" but applying "a heavy dose of messianic fervour to produce an absolutist view of the future". Don Tapscott on the growing influence of public participation 2010-10-04T06:00:00Z "There are people who say we're messianic and all this but we are the people with our feet most on the ground," says Dayan. Despite Peace Talks, Israel's Settlers Are Dug In 2010-09-21T22:20:00Z Like Mr. Ford, he is a pitchman extraordinaire with a vaguely messianic streak, and, like Mr. Ford, he can anticipate what people will want before they even know they want it. Just Manic Enough: Seeking Perfect Entrepreneurs 2010-09-18T21:47:00Z The devastation, coupled with frustration over a weak government response, created an opening for a messianic outsider like Jean, said Robert Fatton Jr., a Haiti expert at the University of Virginia. Haiti bans Wyclef Jean from presidential try 2010-08-21T18:31:00Z Cameron has placed expanding trade relationships as central to his agenda, saying he would be "messianic" about opening up markets as a means of remodelling Britain's economy. Leon Brittan, Tory who discovered Nick Clegg, returns to politics after 24 years 2010-08-19T18:48:00Z Charlie Crist’s Everglades deal was supposed to fulfill when it was first announced two years ago, a vision that led public officials and environmentalists to describe the acquisition in messianic terms, even as it shrunk. The Miracle That Wasn't: Everglades Restoration 2010-08-13T19:38:00Z The ones who say a Palestinian state will solve everything, they are messianic. Despite Peace Talks, Israel's Settlers Are Dug In 2010-09-21T22:20:00Z Most Orthodox Jewish leaders before the Holocaust rejected Zionism, saying the exile was a divine punishment and Israel could be restored only in the messianic age. On Religion: A Resurgence for American Jews Who Reject Zionism 2010-06-26T03:29:00Z Bonkers beliefs Belief in Europe was just as messianic – and just as bonkers – as belief in the market. In a financial crisis, what counts is what works 2010-05-30T23:04:00Z Israel would consider joining the NPT "if the Middle East one day advances to a messianic age where the lion lies down with the lambs," he told the US TV network ABC. Banning the bomb 2010-05-12T08:04:00Z Uncompromising and often strident, Dr. Miller preached her message with an often messianic fervor and a polemical style of argument that cost her support from early admirers. Alice Miller, Psychoanalyst, Dies at 87; Laid Human Problems to Parental Acts 2010-04-27T03:26:00Z The gap between his messianic public persona — astride a prancing horse, clad in paramilitary uniform, encircled by bodyguards — and the man himself emerged, too, in the chasm between threat and action. LETTER FROM AFRICA: Bitter End for an Afrikaner Showman 2010-04-16T12:10:00Z The movement’s mysticism pervades the Sadrists’ campaign for the election, fostering an almost messianic anticipation of their leader’s eventual return from exile. Suspicious and Angry, a Shiite Cleric?s Followers Await the Iraqi Vote 2010-03-05T02:30:00Z The fraudulence peaks with its messianic mythmaking, but its faux populism is the true sham. 2010-02-04T22:00:00Z The doctors, nurse practitioners and counselors who treat enuresis can be almost messianic about the relief they can offer children and families. 2010-01-11T22:39:00Z The community of the pious especially awaited in vain the realization of the great messianic hope with which the prophetic words of comfort had filled their hearts. Jewish Theology There is a direct connection between this messianic hymn to Dungi and the remarkable Epic of Paradise. Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms Throughout the Grounds and Reasons he laughed at, reasoned against, and satirized William Whiston’s assumption that messianic prophecies in the Old Testament were literally fulfilled in the figure and mission of Jesus. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) Jesus certainly did acquire the messianic consciousness––and thereby upheaved the world. Carmen Ariza What wickedness in face of such Scriptures to deny the messianic prophecies contained in the Psalms. The Lord of Glory Meditations on the person, the work and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ Ismaili tradition awaits the return of the seventh Imam as the Mahdi, or Islamic messianic figure. The 2008 CIA World Factbook Galilee, the early home of Jesus, was especially stirred with messianic fervor. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 His pragmatic purpose was to nullify the biblical criticism of historical minded scholars as reputable as Grotius, to render useless the allegorical interpretation of messianic prophecies. A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) The baby represented everything sacred to his father's heart: the promises of God, the covenants, the hopes of the years and the long messianic dream. The Pursuit of God It was thus natural that, in their growing apprehension and impotent rage at Western aggression, the Moslem masses should turn to the messianic hope of Mahdism. The New World of Islam If you eliminate from the life of Jesus as unhistorical his birth, his miracles, his theological teachings, his resurrection, ascension and messianic mission, the Christ no longer exists. The Mistakes of Jesus We write Messiah, but messianic and messiahship; Christology but christological, fatherhood, sonship, and the like. Capitals A Primer of Information about Capitalization with some Practical Typographic Hints as to the Use of Capitals Finally, here was one who, obedient to the spirit of God’s revealed word, rejected the fallacy that messianic prophecy had been fulfilled in Christ in any “literal, obvious and primary sense.” A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) In the early period of his messianic career, the period of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus was a thorough quietist. The Necessity of Atheism The early nineteenth century was a period of messianic expectations in many lands. Statement on Bahá’u’lláh Blind adherence to forms and imitations of ancestral beliefs deprived them of their messianic bounty. The Promulgation of Universal Peace The practical outcome of this would be that any one who could convince Persian Mohammedans that he was the Bab or "gate" would possess a mystic messianic authority. Modern Religious Cults and Movements Envy, as I have said, is at the heart of the messianic delusion, the mania to convert the happy sinner into a "good" man, and so make him miserable. Damn! A Book of Calumny "I've been detecting symptoms of religious paranoia, messianic delusions, about his public statements...." the woman began. Hunter Patrol But messianic ideas were not much developed in either Buddhism or Hinduism and perhaps the figures of both Maitreya and Kalkî owe something to Persian legends about Saoshyant the Saviour. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 "Matthew explains his messianic function; Mark his active works and Luke his character as Savior." The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books Since the movement has borne a kind of messianic expectation it adjusts itself easily to inherited Christian hopes. Modern Religious Cults and Movements For the next three centuries and a half, throughout the Persian and Greek periods, this type of Israel's messianic hope was apparently silenced. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism All this being duly performed and well rid of, we do not now violate any messianic etiquette if we forthwith set about the redemption of Poictesme. Figures of Earth This notion was the origin of the divine genealogies of royal families, the incarnations of gods, and the messianic fables. What is Property? Not until writing these lines did I ever think of "Esther Waters" as a book of doctrine; but it is one, I see that now, and that there is a messianic aspect in my writings. Memoirs of My Dead Life It is too late for the Western World to retreat into Christian fundamentalism, accelerating global conflict in an effort to bring on the messianic age. Open Source Democracy This was evidently the type of messianic hope held by the Pharisees as well as the Essenes. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism To this messianic hope of politics may be ascribed what is in some respects the most remarkable career in the political history of the United States. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics The Romantic impetus of the Manifesto and its new messianic tone was of a different tenor from the attempts to implement the program in Russia and later on Eastern Europe, China, and Korea. The Civilization of Illiteracy The narrow, nationalistic, messianic hopes have long since been abandoned, and instead Jehovah is recognized as the one supreme being whose kingdom or dominion includes all the nations of the earth. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Israel's messianic hopes were also shaped and broadened by the teachings of the great ethical prophets. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism It is evident that in contrast to the other types of messianic prophecy this form was comprehensible, practicable, and alone capable of realization. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The messianic prophecies of the Old Testament seem only confusing and contradictory until the three distinct types are recognized. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism These different types of messianic prophecy naturally shade into each other, and yet they are fundamentally distinct and were represented throughout Israel's history by different classes of thinkers. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Far removed from the kingly, messianic hopes of the people and the supernatural visions of the apocalypses were the plain, direct, practical ideals of Israel's great ethical prophets. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism These different expectations regarding the future are broadly designated as messianic prophecies. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The meaning and history of the different messianic titles. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The wise teachers and martyrs who by word and example had striven to keep their race loyal to Jehovah were to be exalted in the coming messianic kingdom. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism This apocalyptic type of messianic hope powerfully influenced the life and thought of the early Christian Church and even permeated the Gospel narratives. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Last of all the taste of freedom under a Jewish ruler brought again to the front the kingly messianic hopes of the race, and led them to long and struggle for their realization. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Unfortunately, as a result of the varied experiences through which Judaism passed in the centuries immediately preceding the Christian era, its ethical and universal messianic hopes were largely eclipsed. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The victories of Judas in all probability also inspired the messianic hope expressed in 9:9-10: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism They are also in many ways the best Old Testament source for the study of the unfolding of Israel's messianic hopes. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism Henceforth, for three or four centuries, the temporal, kingly type of messianic hope, which had been inspired by the glories of the reign of David, entirely disappeared. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism The event evidently made a profound impression upon the messianic expectations of the Jews. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism |
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