messiah
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This essay is adapted from his new book, “Korean Messiah: Kim Il Sung and the Christian Roots of North Korea’s Personality Cult,” to be published by Knopf on April 14.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
In a small candlelit room in western Kenya, worshippers dressed in white gathered at Christmas to mark the birth of what they describe as the "Black Messiah".
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
"Many people are calling me the Messiah," he said.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025
Mr Netto also cared for his elderly mother and was a devoted grandfather to four-year-old Messiah, who has autism and cerebral palsy.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2024
He was the One to whom the Jews referred as The Messiah, the Christians as The Christ, and the Muslims as The Mahdi.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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