Deepen your understanding of communities influenced by religious belief and consider fundamental questions about the meaning and purpose of human life.
Course
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°®Ęļ¼§ of London
Dr Sean Durbin
Tutor in Religions
Dr Sean Durbin received his PhD in 2014 from Macquarie °®Ęļ¼§ in Sydney, Australia, where it was awarded the Vice-Chancellorās Commendation for Academic Excellence and the Australian Political Studies Associationās annual Thesis Award.
His research expertise centres around the critical and social scientific study of religion, focusing especially on apocalypticism, Christian Zionism in the United States, the intersection of religion and politics, and the role that religious discourses and practices play in contemporary societies.
From 2014 to 2019 he was editor of the journal Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception. Prior to relocating to the United Kingdom, Dr Durbin held positions at Macquarie °®Ęļ¼§, The °®Ęļ¼§ of Newcastle, and Australian Catholic °®Ęļ¼§. He is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Manchester Metropolitan °®Ęļ¼§.
Module taught:
- Religions in Relationship (Level 6)
Publications
Book
2018 Righteous Gentiles: Religion, Identity, and Myth in John Hageeās Christians United for Israel. Studies in Critical Research on Religion, Series Editor: Warren S. Goldstein; Leiden: Brill, 2018. (Paperback: Haymarket, 2020)
Refereed articles and book chapters
Forth. āDispensationalismā in James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.) Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
Forth. āPostmillennialismā in James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.) Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
Forth. āPremillennialismā in James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.) Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
2021&²Ō²ś²õ±č;āChristians United for Israelā in James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.) Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements. 15 January 2021. Retrieved from .
2021 āJohn C. Hageeā in James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.) Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements. 15 January 2021. Retrieved from
2020 āFrom King Cyrus to Queen Esther: Christian Zionistsā Discursive Construction of Donald Trump as Godās Instrument.ā Critical Research on Religion 8, no 2 (2020): 115-137
2019 āViolence as Revelation: American Christian Zionist Theodicy, and the Construction of Religion through Violence.ā Journal of Religion and Violence 7, no. 3 (2019): 231-254
2018 āā¶ÄIt is what it isā: Mythmaking and Identity Formation on a Christian Zionist Tour of Israel,ā in Erin Roberts and Jennifer Eyl (eds) Christian Tourist Attractions, Mythmaking and Identity Formation. New York: Bloomsbury, 2018.
2014 āMediating the Past through the Present and the Present through the Past: The Symbiotic Relationship of American Christian Zionistsā Outsider and Insider Enemies.ā Political Theology 15, no. 2 (2014): 110-131.
2014 āWalking in the Mantle of Esther: āPoliticalā Action as āReligiousā Practice,ā in Gƶran Gunner and Robert O. Smith (eds) Comprehending Christian Zionism: Perspective in Comparison. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.
2013 āā¶ÄI Will Bless Those Who Bless Youā: Christian Zionism, Fetishism, and Unleashing the Blessings of God,ā Journal of Contemporary Religion 28, no. 3: (2013) 507-521.
2013 āā¶ÄI am an Israeliā: Christian Zionism as American Redemption,ā Culture and Religion 14, no. 3: (2013) 324-347.
2012 āā¶ÄFor Such a Time as Thisā: Reading (and Becoming) Esther with Christians United for Israel,ā Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception 2, no. 1: (2012) 65-90.