ABSTRACT

Millennial movements have had a significant impact on history and lie behind many artistic and scientific views of the world. 'The End that Does' tracks the interplay of the arts, sciences, and millennial imagination across 3000 years. The volume presents essays ranging across the study of ancient ritualistic sacrifice, utopian technology and the American millennial dream, science fiction, and the apocalypse of the tabloids. The End that Does will be invaluable to any student or scholar interested in the history of millennialism.

chapter 1|3 pages

In/tensions

part I|34 pages

At/tension

chapter 3|19 pages

The Merit of Time:

A Genealogy of the Countdown *

chapter 4|2 pages

Postcard I

part II|77 pages

Re/tension

chapter 5|41 pages

Collecting the Cosmos:

The Apocalypse of the Ancient Library *

chapter 8|1 pages

Promise

part III|40 pages

De/tension

chapter 9|19 pages

The Elusive Isis:

Theosophy and the Mirror of Millennialism

chapter 10|15 pages

Promiseland:

Utopian Technology and the American Millennial Dream *

chapter 11|2 pages

Postcard II

part IV|55 pages

Dis/tension

chapter 12|36 pages

The End Is Still Near:

The Eternal Apocalypse of the Tabloids *

chapter 14|1 pages

Unto

(Rose Window, Ste-Chapelle, Paris)

part V|24 pages

Tense

chapter 15|20 pages

Y2KO to Y2OK *

chapter 16|1 pages

Cloister

chapter 17|1 pages

Respite

part VI|57 pages

Ex/tension

chapter 18|31 pages

The Space Needle Hits the Road:

The Portability of Home, Landmark, and Memorial

chapter 19|22 pages

Ultima Thule – The City at the End of the World:

Jerusalem in Modern Christian Apocalyptic

chapter 20|1 pages

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