Apocalyptic anxiety : religion, science, and America's obsession with the end of the world / Anthony Aveni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aveni, Anthony F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eschatology.

Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

Apocalyptic literature.

Prophecies.

End of the world.

Religion and science--United States.

Religion and science.

Religion.

History.

United States--Religion--History.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 252 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016]

Summary:

"Aveni traces the sources of American culture's obsession with predicting the apocalypse. He explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop with reference to a broader historical trajectory, and what we can learn from doomsday predictions of the past"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Episode 1, October 22,1844

1 Millerites and the Biblical End of the World 15

2 A Brief History of Apocalyptic Thinking in the West 37

Part II American Apocalypse

3 From Columbus to the Great Awakenings 65

4 Fin de Siècle Secular Perfectionism 81

5 Spiritualism and the Veiled Synthesis of Science and Religion 95

Part III New Age Religion and Science

6 The Age of Aquarius 113

7 Techno-Angels of the Alien Advent 127

8 Resurgent Christian Dispensationalism and the End of Time in Popular Media 141

9 Astronomical World Age Theories Resurrected 151

Part IV Episode 2, December 21,2012

10 The Fathers of Y12 Prophecy 165

11 2012 and the Perennial Philosophy 177

12 Ancient Galactic Wisdom and 2012 Mayanism 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607324706

1607324709

OCLC:

926050331