Attached Paper In-person November Annual Meeting 2026

Who is still afraid of the big bad Apocalypse? imperialistic teleology and the worlds that come after

Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

 

This paper, will contrast the use of apocalyptic and its relation to imperialism between recent Christian theological works on the one hand and writing from Indigenous and

majority world thinkers on the other—the latter being those most adversely affected by

colonial modernity and Christian mission. By turning to post-colonial science fiction, I will show the apocalyptic position of western theory and religion to be ongoing colonial standpoint, an ongoing failure to analyze the complex, global conditions we face. Furthe, I will show that post-colonial science fiction can help us face the loss of our mythical totality, or the god’s eye-view of the world.  Turning to such literature can in fact animate religions discourse  and offer the genuine possibility of a radical break in thinking, a new theological language for the apocalypse, an apocalypse that has abandoned the colonial project and the discourse that has travelled with it.