Sunday night and Monday morning, a total lunar eclipse will give the moon a blood red appearance, a sign some say heralds the apocalypse. September 28th is also the anniversary of Julie Rowe’s near death experience. She’s a Mormon who’s gotten a lot of attention for her personal visions of the end times. So Monday, we’re talking about end of the world predictions: what inspires them, how different Christian groups imagine Jesus’ return, and how these ideas have played out among Latter-day Saints.

Guests:

Jon Stone is Professor of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach. His twelve books include Expecting Armageddon: Essential Readings in Failed Prophecy [Amazon]. He's also a contributor to the The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism​ [Indiebound|Amazon].

[Amazon]. He's also a contributor to the The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism​ [Indiebound|Amazon]. Matt Harris is Professor of History at Colorado State Universty, Pueblo. His forthcoming books include The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History, edited with Newell Bringhurst and due out in December. He's also writing two volumes on the late LDS Church president Ezra Taft Benson.

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