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Author Aveni, Anthony F.

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

Publisher Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2016.

ISBN 9781607324706 (paperback)
1607324709 (paperback)



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Description xv, 252 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject(S) Eschatology.
Apocalyptic literature -- History and criticism.
Prophecies.
End of the world.
Religion and science.
United States -- Religion -- History.
ISBN 9781607324706 (paperback)
1607324709 (paperback)