It wasn't the end of the world

Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor of religion, studies ancient to modern apocalypticism – a worldview that expresses a radical way of understanding time, space and human destiny. | Photo by Concordia University

Following an evangelical prophet’s forecast that the world would end on May 21, 2011, several media sought insight to make sense of such doomsday predictions. Lorenzo DiTommaso, a professor in the Department of Religion who specializes in apocalyptic scenarios, commented to a host of international news outlets including: MSNBC, The American, The Globe and Mail, CTV News Channel (see right-hand menu), CJAD’s Ric Peterson Show, CNN, The New Scientist, International Business Times, San Francisco Sentinel, Yahoo News, Live Science and Mother Nature Network.

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