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The end of the world as we know it : faith, fatalism, and apocalypse in America / Daniel Wojcik.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 281 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585480095
  • 9780585480091
  • 9780814795002
  • 0814795005
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: End of the world as we know it.DDC classification:
  • 001.9 22
LOC classification:
  • BR526 .W65 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Approaching doomsday : the contours of American apocalyptic belief -- The American apocalyptic legacy -- Signs of the endtimes : Hal Lindsey and dispensationalist prophecy beliefs -- Apocalyptic apparitions of the Virgin Mary in New York City -- Secular apocalyptic themes in the nuclear era -- Fatalism and apocalyptic beliefs -- The transformation of apocalyptic traditions in the post-cold war era -- Emergent apocalyptic beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrial beings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255) and index.

Approaching doomsday : the contours of American apocalyptic belief -- The American apocalyptic legacy -- Signs of the endtimes : Hal Lindsey and dispensationalist prophecy beliefs -- Apocalyptic apparitions of the Virgin Mary in New York City -- Secular apocalyptic themes in the nuclear era -- Fatalism and apocalyptic beliefs -- The transformation of apocalyptic traditions in the post-cold war era -- Emergent apocalyptic beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrial beings -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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