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Archive Home > 2012 > November > 29 > In college doomsday classes, it’s been an apocalyptic term

In college doomsday classes, it’s been an apocalyptic term

By Susan Snyder / The Bulletin
November 29, 2012

PHILADELPHIA — When religion professor Stuart Charme decided to teach a course on the end of the world this semester, he knew he had a compelling hook: the Dec. 21 conclusion of the “Long Count" Mayan calendar that doomsday believers have latched on to as proof that time will end.

But....

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