351 records matched your query
02460aam a2200409 i 4500 001 1504B8182FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 150811s2016 coua 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015030348 020 $a 1607324709 020 $a 9781607324706 035 $a (OCoLC)926050331 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d COO $d OCLCO $d PUL $d GZM $d OCLCO $d ZCU $d SAD $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a BL501 A94 2016 100 1 $a Aveni, Anthony F., $e author. 245 10 $a Apocalyptic anxiety : $b religion, science and America's obsession with the end of the world / $c Anthony F. Aveni. 264 1 $a Boulder : $b University Press of Colorado, $c [2016] 300 $a xv, 252 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 650 0 $a Eschatology. 650 0 $a Apocalyptic literature $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Prophecies. 650 0 $a End of the world. 650 0 $a Religion and science $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x History. $x History. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213022142.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006095616.0 952 $l DXPB423 $d 20180710021902.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802023746.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1504B8182FC611E7A3652FCCDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search