World Without End: Mainstream American Protestant Visions of the Last Things, 1880-1925 (Religion in North America, 28)

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Summary: Excellent History of Changing of End Times Guard in USA
Review: Moorhead provides a well-written, thorough review of the decline of post-millenialism and the rise of premillenialism in America in the 1880-1925 timeframe.

He works from the thesis that historical criticism undercutting the Biblical foundation for post-mill and thus the removal of all coping mechanisms when crisis hits (such as depression and world war and societal declline) led to this eschatological shift.

Moorhead is a fine writer and documents his research with both primary and secondary sources. I enjoyed this read immensely and will find it a worthwhile resource to turn to. Well worth the read and purchase for all interested in end times in America.