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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Aveni, Anthony F. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Boulder, Colorado : University Press of Colorado, [2016]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Religion and science.
Religion.
Prophecies.
Eschatology.
End of the world.
Apocalyptic literature.
HISTORY > General.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Religion et sciences > États-Unis.
Fin du monde.
Propheties.
Litterature apocalyptique > Histoire et critique.
Religion and science > United States.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
United States.
États-Unis > Religion > Histoire.
United States > Religion > History.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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 siecle 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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