Tradition-bound millennialisms restrict conspiracy ideas to those their own canon allows
Evidence
Religious and secular millennialism have certainly not been immune to conspiratorial ideas, but they have normally adopted only those grounded in the particular vocabulary of a specifi c tradition. Thus, Christian millennialists could develop conspiracy ideas by elaborating the scriptural Antichrist, while Marxists could develop notions of a capitalist plot. Neither religionists nor secularists, however, could easily construct conspiracy theories not already rooted in their own texts and traditions. — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 109
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: New World Order conspiracy theory fuses millenarian Christianity with secret-society pseudohistory — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 245; Conspiracism and millennialism relate but not causally or simply — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 103; Conspiracy and millennialism function complementarily by dividing labor over the problem of evil — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic…, 107 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Traditional millennialisms rest on canon and defined traditions rather than free assembly
#corroborates(0.92) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 108 - Post-1960s millennialism freely blends traditions into conspiracist bricolage
#qualifies(0.85) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 110 - Conspiracy subcultures require an official narrative to define themselves against
#expands(0.78) — Michael Barkun, A Culture of Conspiracy, 829