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Chris Jennings

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Chris Jennings&nb sp\;is the author of \;Paradise Now: The Story of American Utopian ism. A former editorial staffer at \;The New Yorker\, he grew up in New York City and graduated from Deep Springs College and Wesl eyan University. Jennings lives in Northern California with his family.

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In \;End of Days\, Chris Jennings explains the signific ance of this historic siege by setting the story of the Weaver family with in the long history of apocalyptic Christianity in the United States\, ill uminating the ways in which that faith has gradually transformed the natio n. The strain of doomsday Christianity that gripped the Weavers\, he shows \, was grounded in a particular reading of biblical prophecy that can be t raced back to the 1870s and up through the twentieth-century rise of Chris tian fundamentalism to the right-wing conspiracism that now defines Americ an society and politics. The events at Ruby Ridge acted as an accelerant f or this spreading worldview\, and are essential to understanding the crisi s that our nation confronts today.

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Sponsored by the CALS Distinguished Lecture Fund in honor of Maurice Smith< /em>

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ASL interpretation will be provided for all Six Bridg es sessions held in CALS Ron Robinson Theater. ASL interpretation for sess ions at other CALS locations and Six Bridges venues (including CALS Main L ibrary) will be provided by request. To request ASL interpretation\, pleas e submit an ASL Interpretation Request form.

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CALS will validate parking in the CALS Library Square surface lot and the CALS Parking Deck. The entrance to the surface lot is located on 2nd \;Street near River Market Ave. The entrance to the parking deck is located on Rock Street an d can be accessed from President Clinton Ave. Street parking is also avail able throughout the River Market District (free after 6pm and on weekends) .

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