"The End Is Not Near" asks a very simple question: can we have a functioning democracy and society when millions of people are existentially terrified of what lies ahead? The United States has a long history of believing itself the chosen nation of God, convinced even today that we are an exceptional nation. However, the belief that the United States is providentially chosen to lead the world into the kingdom of God rests on Christian prophetic traditions that ironically, in many interpretations, begin with the epic destruction of mankind at the battle of Armageddon. How is it that a mostly...