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Author Wojcik, Daniel.

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

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 281 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255) and index.
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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Millennialism -- United States.
Millennialism.
United States.
End of the world.
End of the world.
United States -- Religion -- 1960-
Religion.
Chronological Term 1960-
Since 1960
Indexed Term "Multi-User"
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wojcik, Daniel. End of the world as we know it. New York : New York University Press, ©1997 0814792839 (DLC) 97004781 (OCoLC)36597661
ISBN 0585480095 (electronic book)
9780585480091 (electronic book)
9780814795002 (electronic book)
0814795005 (electronic book)
0814792839 (acid-free paper)
9780814792834