Apocalyptic Anxiety: Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World

by Anthony Aveni

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Apocalyptic Anxiety traces the sources of American culture's obsession with predicting and preparing for the apocalypse. Author Anthony Aveni explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop within a broader historical framework, and what we can learn from doomsday predictions of the past.

The book begins with the Millerites, the nineteenth-century religious...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1607324709

ISBN13:9781607324706

Release Date:May 2016

Publisher:University Press of Colorado

Length:268 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Related Subjects

History Religion Religion & Spirituality Spirituality

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