Against Apocalypticism
Charles J. Reid, Jr.
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Posted 03.12.2013
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Most people probably took the Mayan Apocalypse as light-heartedly as I did, though clearly there were some who really thought the end was nigh. What worries me, however, is that this story is symptomatic of a more pathological apocalypticism that has begun to permeate American culture.
