Apocalyptic anxiety : religion, science, and America's obsession with the end of the world
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Apocalyptic anxiety : religion, science, and America's obsession with the end of the world
University Press of Colorado, c2016
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Summary: "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
Includes index
