Research Catalog

Title

Apocalyptic anxiety [electronic resource] : religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world / Anthony F. Aveni.

Author

Aveni, Anthony F.

Publication

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xv, 252 pages)

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"--

Uniform Title

Apocalyptic anxiety (Online)

Alternative Title

Apocalyptic anxiety (Online)

Subject

• Eschatology
• Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism
• Prophecies
• End of the world
• Religion and science > United States
• United States > Religion

Note

• Includes index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

LCCN

2015030348

OCLC

ssj0001662685

Author

Aveni, Anthony F.

Title

Apocalyptic anxiety [electronic resource] : religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world / Anthony F. Aveni.

Imprint

Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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