Demon or Deception? Islam in the Eschatology of the New Apostolic Reformation

​Part of a series of seminars on Signs of the Times: Christians, Muslims and the Apocalypse

​Speaker on 2 June: Professor Matthew Taylor
(Visiting Scholar, Center on Faith and Justice, Georgetown University)

​Abstract
The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) — a Pentecostal-charismatic network now at the center of American politics — counts several key advisers to President Trump among its leaders. Known for its fierce Christian Zionism and close ties to the Netanyahu government, the NAR has an less-examined side: its theology of Islam. Where Jews and Israel are celebrated, Islam is cast as a demon or a supernatural deception enslaving its followers. How does the same eschatological framework produce such radically opposed views of two Abrahamic traditions, and what does that mean for U.S. foreign policy?

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​The topic of End Times prophecy in the Bible is a major focus of the CMCS Reading the Bible in the Context of Islam (RBCI) project on Daniel, Islam, Apocalyptic.

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