The end of the world as we know it : faith, fatalism, and apocalypse in America / Daniel Wojcik.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 281 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585480095
- 9780585480091
- 9780814795002
- 0814795005
- 001.9 22
- BR526 .W65 1997eb
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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