Kegan Chandler, PhD

Tag: Monotheism

New article in the JRJ

Feb 5, 2025

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Kegan A. Chandler

in Early Christianity, Japan, Japanese religions, Millenarianism, New Religious Movements, Publication, Tenrikyo, The Gospel of the Kingdom

Very excited to announce (a little late) the publication of my article in Brill’s fantastic Journal of Religion in Japan. “Dreaming of the World to Come: Yonaoshi Millenarianism and Monotheism in Tenrikyō and Christianity” Journal of Religion in Japan 13 (2-3): 1-38.(Brill 2024) Here’s the abstract: In comparative studies, Tenrikyō’s this-worldly, millenarian vision has found little resonance with…
Perriman, Monotheistic Dominionism, and ‘Pagan Monotheism’ in Constantine and Paul

Jan 17, 2023

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Kegan A. Chandler

in Constantine, Early Christianity, Hermeticism, Monotheism, Religious syncretism, Roman Empire, The Gospel of the Kingdom, The Trinity

Dr. Andrew Perriman has penned an excellent post and review of my book Constantine and the Divine Mind (Wipf and Stock 2019) [here], and his assessment has stimulated further thoughts in me regarding pagan monotheism in Constantine and Paul. As Perriman notices, reading the Constantinian saga in light of a theological metanarrative available in late…