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

Nundu carried a framed photo of Baba Simeo Melchior -- the so-called "Black Messiah" -- who eyes the camera with his hands clasped and a large medallion around his neck.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

"Many people think Mark Carney is some kind of Messiah," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Lumon casts Mark as its Messiah, and his work is “mysterious and important,” worthy of a massive and alarming painting in the elevator lobby on the severed floor.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

Handel’s Messiah was as linked with Thomas Coram’s enterprise as J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan was with Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, which stands virtually adjacent to the site of the Foundling Hospital.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall