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American Apocalyptic: Beliefs, Rituals, and Expressions of Doomsday Culture in the Us

American Apocalyptic: Beliefs, Rituals, and Expressions of Doomsday Culture in the Us - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Juli L. GittingerPublish date:2024-07-19Pages:175
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783031561597ISBN-10:3031561597UPC:9783031561597Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Comparative Religion, SociologySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCTHW1MG7D

In this book, Juli Gittinger argues that America's fascination (obsession?) with the apocalypse is a synthesis of religion, popular culture, and politics in a way that is particular to the US and consonant with mythological-historical narratives of America. As a result, we can identify American apocalypticism as a sort of religion in itself that is closely tied to "civil religion," that has a worldview and rituals that create identifiable communities and connects American mythology to apocalyptic anxieties. Gittinger discusses how various cultures and groups form as a result of this obsession, and that these communities form their own rituals and responses in various forms of "prepping" or survivalist practices. She lays out an argument for a broad eschatology prevalent in the US that extends beyond traditional religious designations to form an apocalyptic worldview that is built into our narrative as a country, as well as furthered by popular culture and media's contributionto apocalyptic anxieties. Subsequently, Gittinger uses case studies of apocalyptic events--current or speculative--that reveal how our anxieties about the end of the world (as we know it) inform our culture, as well as religious narratives that emerge from such crises.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783031561597ISBN-10:3031561597UPC:9783031561597Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Sociology of Religion, Comparative Religion, SociologySize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCTHW1MG7D

Juli Gittinger is an Assistant Professor of Religion at Georgia College, USA.


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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2024 Edition

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