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

By:

Aveni, Anthony F

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2016]Description: xv, 252 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781607324706 (pbk.)
1607324709 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

001.9 23

LOC classification:

BL501 .A94 2016

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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Janet F. Harte Public Library	Janet F. Harte Public Library	Nonfiction	001.9 AVE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		43185000902088

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Includes index.

"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 bibliographical references and index.

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