Christian eschatology

“The Son has come and you’ve been left behind.”

The counterculture’s countdown to Armageddon

Arts, Culture & Media

How pop culture taught the ‘70s hippie counterculture that the end of the world was coming.

Judgment Day May 21: Why are end times prophecies so popular?

Lifestyle & Belief

Revelations on the Book of Revelation

Lifestyle & Belief
The World

Elaine Pagels’ Revelations

Arts, Culture & Media

Some Closure for the West Memphis Three in ‘Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory’

Is it Human Nature to Predict the End of the World?

Arts, Culture & Media

Why do prophecy beliefs remain popular? Paul Boyer, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of “When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture,” explores our ongoing fascination with the end.

The World

Your hard times playlists, your comments on apocalyptic books for kids

Arts, Culture & Media

The Takeaway shares listener responses to the question of what would you include on a hard times playlist?