Aveni, Anthony F.
Apocalyptic anxiety religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world / [electronic resource] : Anthony F. Aveni. - Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
"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"--
9781607324713 1607324717
Religion and science--United States.
End of the world.
Prophecies.
Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Eschatology.
United States--Religion--History.
Electronic books.
BL501 / .A94 2016
001.9
Apocalyptic anxiety religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world / [electronic resource] : Anthony F. Aveni. - Boulder : University Press of Colorado, 2016. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes index.
"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"--
9781607324713 1607324717
Religion and science--United States.
End of the world.
Prophecies.
Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
Eschatology.
United States--Religion--History.
Electronic books.
BL501 / .A94 2016
001.9