Existential threats : American apocalyptic beliefs in the technological era /

In Existential Threats, Lisa Vox explores the growth of dispensationalist premillennialism alongside scientific understandings of the end of the world and contends that these two allegedly competing visions have converged to create an American apocalyptic imagination.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vox, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2017.
Temas:
1900-1999
End of the world.
End of the world > Forecasting.
Eschatology.
Eschatology > Forecasting.
Americans > Attitudes > History > 20th century.
Christianity and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Fin du monde.
Fin du monde > Prévision.
Christianisme et civilisation > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Americans > Attitudes
Christianity and culture
End of the world
Eschatology
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In Existential Threats, Lisa Vox explores the growth of dispensationalist premillennialism alongside scientific understandings of the end of the world and contends that these two allegedly competing visions have converged to create an American apocalyptic imagination.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 283 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
ISBN:9780812294019
0812294017

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