Apocalyptic anxiety [electronic resource] :religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world / Anthony F. Aveni.
By: Aveni, Anthony F.
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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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"-- Provided by publisher.
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