The end of the world as we know it : faith, fatalism, and apocalypse in America /
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New York :
New York University Press,
©1997.
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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.