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TY - CHAP
T1 - Far Cry 5 and Far Cry: New Dawn
AU - Fielding-Redpath, Ellie
PY - 2021/1/17
Y1 - 2021/1/17
N2 - The Project at Eden’s Gate (The Project) is the name of a fictionalized apocalyptic ‘cult’ fuelled by millenarian ideologies featured throughout the video games Far Cry 5 (2018) and Far Cry: New Dawn (2019). Based in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana in the United States, this apocalyptic millenarian group is presented as a White American Christian community. Their belief dictates that God will punish humankind for their sins and wipe the slate clean through the total destruction of the earth. In the opening of his memoirs, called The Book of Joseph—a few copies of which were published in physical form [1]—Joseph Seed, the founder and leader of The Project, declares: ‘I am the messenger. I am the one who must warn you of the ending of this world and gather the chosen ones who will build the next world’ (The Book of Joseph, 2018, 5). Their Hope County compound functions as their safe haven, wherein the First and Last Family will await the End of Days ‘to live in the Garden of Eden’ (The Book of Joseph, 2018, 21) promised to them by God.
AB - The Project at Eden’s Gate (The Project) is the name of a fictionalized apocalyptic ‘cult’ fuelled by millenarian ideologies featured throughout the video games Far Cry 5 (2018) and Far Cry: New Dawn (2019). Based in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana in the United States, this apocalyptic millenarian group is presented as a White American Christian community. Their belief dictates that God will punish humankind for their sins and wipe the slate clean through the total destruction of the earth. In the opening of his memoirs, called The Book of Joseph—a few copies of which were published in physical form [1]—Joseph Seed, the founder and leader of The Project, declares: ‘I am the messenger. I am the one who must warn you of the ending of this world and gather the chosen ones who will build the next world’ (The Book of Joseph, 2018, 5). Their Hope County compound functions as their safe haven, wherein the First and Last Family will await the End of Days ‘to live in the Garden of Eden’ (The Book of Joseph, 2018, 21) promised to them by God.
KW - The Project at Eden's Gate
KW - The Project
KW - Far Cry 5
KW - video game
KW - Far Cry: New Dawn
KW - New Eden
KW - apocalypticism
KW - End Times
KW - prophecy
KW - Tribulation Period
KW - The Reaping
KW - The Father
KW - Koresh, David (Branch Davidians)
KW - Branch Davidians
KW - Millenarian
KW - Seventh Day Adventism
KW - Revelation (book of Bible)
KW - Lamb
KW - Manson Family
KW - Messiah
KW - Apple Tree
KW - The Highwaymen
KW - FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
KW - Prosperity
M3 - Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
T3 - Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
BT - Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements
A2 - Crossley, James
A2 - Lockhart, Alastair
ER -