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Apocalyptic Anxiety Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World / Anthony F. Aveni.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aveni, Anthony F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and science--United States.
- Religion and science.
- End of the world.
- Prophecies.
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- Eschatology.
- United States--Religion--History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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:
- Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: December 21, 2012-It Didn't Happen; Part I: Episode 1, October 22, 1844; 1. Millerites and the Biblical End of the World; 2. A Brief History of Apocalyptic Thinking in the West; Part II: American Apocalypse; 3. From Columbus to the Great Awakenings; 4. Fin de Siècle Secular Perfectionism; 5. Spiritualism and the Veiled Synthesis of Science and Religion; Part III: New Age Religion and Science; 6. The Age of Aquarius; 7. Techno-Angels of the Alien Advent
- 8. Resurgent Christian Dispensationalism and the End of Time in Popular Media9. Astronomical World Age Theories Resurrected; Part IV: Episode 2, December 21, 2012; 10. The Fathers of Y12 Prophecy; 11. 2012 and the Perennial Philosophy; 12. Ancient Galactic Wisdom and 2012 Mayanism; Conclusion: Contrasting the Signs of the Times; Notes; About the Author; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607324713
- 1607324717
- OCLC:
- 949639702
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