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Doom sells: why everyone’s talking about the end times

Doom sells: why everyone’s talking about the end times

Chine McDonald writes for the Financial Times on our collective fascination with the apocalypse. 15/08/2025

The apocalypse is in vogue because our fascination with catastrophe is lucrative writes Chine McDonald for the Financial Times. 

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Chine McDonald

Chine McDonald

Chine McDonald is a writer, broadcaster and Director of Theos. She is the author of ‘God Is Not a White Man: And Other Revelations’ and ‘Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood’. She is vice–chair of Greenbelt Festival, and a trustee of Christian Aid and Demos.

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Posted 15 August 2025

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