{"product_id":"apocalyptic-anxiety-religion-science-and-americas-obsession-with-the-end-of-the-world-9781607324706","title":"Apocalyptic Anxiety: Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World","description":"\u003ci\u003eApocalyptic Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e traces the sources of American culture's obsession with predicting and preparing for the apocalypse. Author Anthony Aveni explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop within a broader historical framework, and what we can learn from doomsday predictions of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book begins with the Millerites, the nineteenth-century religious sect of Pastor William Miller, who used biblical calculations to predict October 22, 1844 as the date for the Second Advent of Christ. Aveni also examines several other religious and philosophical movements that have centered on apocalyptic themes-Christian millennialism, the New Age movement and the Age of Aquarius, and various other nineteenth- and early twentieth-century religious sects, concluding with a focus on the Maya mystery of 2012 and the contemporary prophets who connected the end of the world as we know it with the overturning of the Maya calendar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eApocalyptic Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e places these seemingly never-ending stories of the world's end in the context of American history. This fascinating exploration of the deep historical and cultural roots of America's voracious appetite for apocalypse will appeal to students of American history and the histories of religion and science, as well as lay readers interested in American culture and doomsday prophecies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Colorado\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781607324706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anthony Aveni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085547925685,"sku":"9781607324706","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_59c7ab7e-5439-408e-a751-d65fbc06aca5.jpg?v=1765294498","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/apocalyptic-anxiety-religion-science-and-americas-obsession-with-the-end-of-the-world-9781607324706","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}