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

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"Apocalyptic Anxiety traces the sources of American culture's obsession with predicting and preparing for the apocalypse. Author Anthony Aveni explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop within a broader histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aveni, Anthony F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
Temas:
Eschatology.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Prophecies.
End of the world.
Religion and science > United States.
Littérature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Prophéties.
Fin du monde.
Religion et sciences > États-Unis.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
HISTORY > General.
Apocalyptic literature
End of the world
Eschatology
Prophecies
Religion
Religion and science
United States > Religion > History.
États-Unis > Religion > Histoire.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: Episode 1, October 22, 1844. Millerites and the biblical end of the world ; A brief history of apocalyptic thinking in the west
  • Part 2: American Apocalypse. From Columbus to the great awakenings ; Fin de siècle secular perfectionism ; Spiritualism and the veiled synthesis of science and religion
  • Part 3: New age religion and science. The age of Aquarius ; Techno-angels of the alien advent ; Resurgent Christian dispensationalism and the end of time in popular media ; Astronomical world age theories resurrected
  • Part 4: Episode 2, December 21, 2012. The fathers of Y12 prophecy ; 2012 and the perennial philosophy ; Ancient galactic wisdom and 2012 Mayanism
  • COnclusion: Contrasting the signs of the times.

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