Fijian Methodist prophecy and the 2000 coup

Record summary

The 2000 Fiji coup generated sermons, prophetic interpretations and public debates about divine judgment, chiefly authority, indigenous identity and national renewal. Methodist institutions and other religious actors interpreted the crisis in markedly different ways; some narratives connected political upheaval with biblical end-time or restoration themes. This lead is valuable for comparing apocalyptic language attached to contemporary national crises. Verification requires named sermons, church statements or interviews, because later commentary may exaggerate the extent to which the coup was framed as an apocalypse.