Apocalyptic anxiety : religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world /
Anthony F. Aveni.
- pages cm
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"--
9781607324706 (pbk.)
2015030348
Eschatology. Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism. Prophecies. End of the world. Religion and science--United States.