In part 8, we talk about the old American past time of freaking out about the end of the world! We look at the old millennial beliefs concerning the rapture and all of that and we also get into this idea that is everywhere around us in modern America. It is the idea of secular Millennialism we can see in concerns on the climate and politics and all of that.
Featured Sites / Books:
Oxford Research Encyclopedia: Apocalypticisim in US History – Matthew Avery Sutton
History.org: 18th Century
...See More Millennialisim – James Breig
Strategic Implications of American Millennialism – A Monograph by Major Brian L. Stuckert U.S. Army