David Marno is assistant professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.Matthias Riedl is associate professor and the head of the history department at Central European University.Nadia Al-Bagdadi is Professor of History at Central European University, Budapest, founding director of the Center for Religious Studies and since 2015 Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies, CEU.

• Introduction: The Resilience of the ApocalypticPart I: PerspectivesThe Varieties of Millennial ExperienceRichard LandesApocalyptic ViolenceKlaus VondungThe Psychology of ApocalypticismCharles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd Part II: The Middle AgesThe Chained Messiah: The Taming of the Apocalyptic Complex in Jewish Mystical EschatologyMoshe IdelGod’s Chronography and Dissipative TimeAziz Al-AzmehChristendom, Crusade, and the End of Days: The Dream of World Conversion (1099–1274)Brett Edward WhalenFrom the Last Emperor to the Sleeping EmperorPetre Guran Part III: TransformationsRadical Hopes: Apocalyptic Longing in Nineteenth Century PhilosophyMichael Allen GillespiePolitical Religions, Apocalypticism, and the End of History: Some ConsiderationsMarina CattaruzzaEve’s Last DreamDavid Marno Part IV: PersistenceUkrainian Millennialism: A Historical OverviewLilya Berezhnaya“His Dark Materials.” The Early Apocalypticism of Enoch Recycled in Modern and Postmodern TimesGyörgy E. SzönyiAbu Musa‘b Al-Suri and Abu Musa‘b Al-Zarqawi: The Apocalyptic Theorist and the Apocalyptic PractitionerDavid Cook AppendicesLászló-Attila HubbesAppendix I: Elements of Online ApocalypticismAppendix II: Select Bibliography for the Study of ApocalypticismIndex

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