Apocalyptic Anxiety : Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World /: Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anthony Aveni.
• Authors: Aveni, Anthony
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-ix' class='sequence-2'>List of Figures <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xi' class='sequence-3'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xv' class='sequence-4'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-5'>Introduction: December 21, 2012—It Didn't Happen <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-13' class='sequence-6'>Part I: Episode 1, October 22, 1844 <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-15' class='sequence-7'>1. Millerites and the Biblical End of the World <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-37' class='sequence-8'>2. A Brief History of Apocalyptic Thinking in the West <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-63' class='sequence-9'>Part II: American Apocalypse <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-65' class='sequence-10'>3. From Columbus to the Great Awakenings <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-81' class='sequence-11'>4. Fin de Siècle Secular Perfectionism <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-95' class='sequence-12'>5. Spiritualism and the Veiled Synthesis of Science and Religion <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-111' class='sequence-13'>Part III: New Age Religion and Science <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-113' class='sequence-14'>6. The Age of Aquarius <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-127' class='sequence-15'>7. Techno-Angels of the Alien Advent <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-141' class='sequence-16'>8. Resurgent Christian Dispensationalism and the End of Time in Popular Media <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-151' class='sequence-17'>9. Astronomical World Age Theories Resurrected <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-163' class='sequence-18'>Part IV: Episode 2, December 21, 2012 <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-165' class='sequence-19'>10. The Fathers of Y12 Prophecy <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-177' class='sequence-20'>11. 2012 and the Perennial Philosophy <div class='ch-level-2' class='start-page-187' class='sequence-21'>12. Ancient Galactic Wisdom and 2012 Mayanism <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-207' class='sequence-22'>Conclusion: Contrasting the Signs of the Times <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-217' class='sequence-23'>Notes <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-239' class='sequence-24'>About the Author <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-241' class='sequence-25'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (268 pages)
• Subjects: History -- General; History -- United States -- State & Local -- General; Religion -- General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607324713
• Related ISBNs: 9781607324706
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