Who or what is the katechon? From Peter Thiel, Aleksandr Dugin, Carl Schmit, back to the source

• In Event: Nature and God in the Public Sphere: Religion, Cosmology, and Polity

Brief Overview

Thiel and Dugin use the "katechon" from St. Paul to address AI, nuclear threats, and globalism. Drawing on Schmitt’s political-theological view, this paper assesses their apocalyptic ideas and the katechon’s relevance to modern political theology.

Author

• Eduardo Schmidt Passos, Arizona State University