Kyle, Richard G.

Apocalyptic fever : end-time prophecies in modern America / Richard Kyle. - Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, c2012. - xv, 372 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-359) and index.

Approaching doomsday -- Western contours of doomsday -- The millennial nation -- The end takes shape -- Apocalypse loud and clear -- Millennial anxieties -- From 9/11 to 666 -- Imaging the apocalypse -- The politics of Armageddon -- Messiahs, prophets, and end-time visions -- The godless apocalypse -- An eschatological hodgepodge -- The next great turning point -- Why do we love doomsday?

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End of the world.
Eschatology.
Millennialism--United States.
Popular culture--United States.

BL503 / .K94 2012