Aveni, Anthony F. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781607324713 1607324717 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religion and science--United States.<br/>End of the world.<br/>Prophecies.<br/>Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.<br/>Eschatology.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Religion--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL501  / .A94 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>001.9