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faith, fatalism, and apocalypse in America

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faith, fatalism, and apocalypse in America

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Examining the doomsday scenarios and apocalyptic predictions of visionaries, televangelists, survivalists, and various other endtimes enthusiasts, as well as popular culture, film, music, fashion, and humor, Daniel Wojcik sheds new light on America's fascination with worldly destruction and transformation.

He explores the origins of contemporary apocalyptic beliefs and compares religious and secular apocalyptic speculation, showing us the routes our belief systems have traveled over the centuries to arrive at the dawn of a new millennium.

Included in his sweeping examination are premillennial prophecy traditions, prophecies associated with visions of the Virgin Mary, secular ideas about nuclear apocalypse, the transformation of apocalyptic prophecy in the post-Cold War era, and emerging apocalyptic ideas associated with UFOs and extraterrestrials.

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New York University Press
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English
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281

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Millennialism, End of the world, Religion, Fatalisme, Einde der tijden, Endzeiterwartung, United states, religion, History, History of doctrines
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United States
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1960-

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Table of 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 (p. 233-255) and index.

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001.9
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BR526 .W65 1997, BR526.W65 1997

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ix, 281 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
281

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OL659466M
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0814792839
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97004781
OCLC/WorldCat
36597661
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5353584
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1048478

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