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020 _a9781607324713
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020 _z9781607324706 (pbk.)
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_b.A94 2016
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100 1 _aAveni, Anthony F.
245 1 0 _aApocalyptic anxiety
_h[electronic resource] :
_breligion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world /
_cAnthony F. Aveni.
260 _aBoulder :
_bUniversity Press of Colorado,
_c2016.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aReligion and science
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEnd of the world.
650 0 _aProphecies.
650 0 _aApocalyptic literature
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aEschatology.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xReligion
_xHistory.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/45764/
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Global Cultural Studies
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
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