The end of the world as we know it
Subtitle: faith, fatalism, and apocalypse in America
By: Daniel Wojcik.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Millennialism -- United States; End of the world; United States -- Religion -- 1960-
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-255) and index.
Table of contents: title: Approaching doomsday : the contours of American apocalyptic belief; title: The American apocalyptic legacy; title: Signs of the endtimes : Hal Lindsey and dispensationalist prophecy beliefs; title: Apocalyptic apparitions of the Virgin Mary in New York City; title: Secular apocalyptic themes in the nuclear era; title: Fatalism and apocalyptic beliefs; title: The transformation of apocalyptic traditions in the post-cold war era; title: Emergent apocalyptic beliefs about UFOs and extraterrestrial beings; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.