Research Guides: RELG 202: The End of the World as We Know It (HC) Fall 2024: Background Information

Introduction

This guide is meant to help students with research projects in Religion 202: The End of the World as We Know It.

A good place to start looking for resources on a particular topic is with some of the following articles (found in Oxford Bibliographies Online ):

The essays are broken up into topics and presented to the reader as an annotated bibliography.

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The encyclopedia of apocalypticism
Three volume set. Articles are arranged chronologically with entries on the United States appearing in volume 3.
Encyclopedia of religion
Has overview articles on apocalypse, millenarianism, and eschatology. Check the bibliographies following these articles. Also has entries on individuals and religious groups.
The Oxford handbook of millennialism
Published in 2011 has the most current information.
Encyclopedia of millennialism and millennial movements
Articles on all aspects of millennialism. Each article has a bibliography.

Oxford Bibliographies in Biblical Studies
Offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on biblical studies.

Hans Memling, Apocalypse panel from the St. John Altarpiece

Bruges, France (Wikimedia Commons)