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But what I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion, everyday acts of compassion.
And so I realized that actually the tech world is best understood, not as a business cycle, but as a messianic movement.
It is a brilliant retelling of the Arthurian legend and it gets the story right--he is the once and future king, a messianic figure.
Meanwhile, Jewish Home, a party linked to fanatical, messianic rabbis for whom Zionism should now be imbued with eschatological meaning, challenged Netanyahu to adopt a more resolute expansionist policy in Palestinian territories.
No doubt, his regime revels in all the historic forms of populism: messianic leadership, anti-American rhetoric, disregard for constitutional forms, drunken spending, and state-orchestrated popular mobilization to fill squares and jeer at supposed enemies.
One can predict with a high degree of confidence that the Polish “Fourth Republic” that the PiS would like to build will have to come to terms with the limited space in Europe for messianic visions and “Christian fundamentalism.”
Their quest for mythic, messianic, transnational movements of liberation remains the same, as does the enemy: America's imperial colossus.
Asked in a recent interview about the similarities between him and the late Meir Kahane, whose racist party was banned, King noted a close ideological affinity (though he pointed out that Kahane’s movement was messianic, whereas his own is practical).
Likewise, the Jerusalem decision was meant to appease the messianic dreams of his massive evangelical constituency.
Given that Iran continues to pursue suspect nuclear programs, which could bring the Islamic Republic dangerously close to weapons capability, a leader with messianic visions is worrying.
While many Shia Muslims worship the 12th Imam, a previously secret society of powerful clerics, now openly advising the new president, are transforming these messianic beliefs into government policies.
These factors, together with the obvious failings of many Middle Eastern governments, have fueled the surge of fundamentalism among Muslims, American Christians, and some Israeli Jews that has now boiled over to rampant extremism, terror, and messianic visions of good versus evil.
It is because Netanyahu is driven by an almost Messianic determination to prevent Iran from acquiring the means to destroy Israel, that he might be amenable to a fundamental change in his position on Palestine, provided Obama makes visible headway in his drive to stop Iran’s nuclear program.
Because of Islam's messianic fusion of the political, religious and cultural dimensions, says Huntington, the West and Islam are destined to "clash" because the two systems are fundamentally irreconcilable.
He, too, had an almost messianic view of the Anglo-American alliance on a mission to rid the world of contemporary “Hitlers.”
As with the classic fascist movements of the past, this new, more dangerous phase of Trumpism features a campaign that has doubled down on messianic leadership, the subornation of violence, and open attacks on the constitutional order.