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Does the BP Oil Spill Herald the Apocalypse?

June 4, 2010 By Lisa Miller

A growing conversation among Christian fundamentalists asks the question that may have been inevitable: is the oil spill in the gulf a sign of the coming apocalypse? About 60 million white evangelicals live in America, and about one third of them believe that the world will end in their lifetime, according to the Pew Research […]

Filed Under: BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller, Newsweek Tagged With: apocalypse, Book of Revelation, BP oil spill, Christian fundamentalists, Christians, dispensationalism, evangelicals, heaven, Lisa Miller, millerites, Pew Research Center, theology, William Miller

ReligionDispatches.org Ten Questions for Lisa Miller

March 23, 2010 By Lisa Miller

Where contemporary culture has come to think of heaven as a place to chat, catch up with friends, and eat ice cream, conservative believers are concerned that God has been left out of the picture. A new book by Newsweek’s religion editor, Lisa Miller, covers this and other top stories on the celestial beat. Ten […]

Filed Under: Appearances and Media Tagged With: Bible, Book of Revelation, heaven, Lisa Miller

About Lisa Miller

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Lisa Miller is a staff writer at New York magazine. She is the former religion columnist for the Washington Post, former senior editor of Newsweek magazine, and author of "Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife."

In 2014, Lisa Miller was nominated for the National Magazine Award and featured in Best Magazine Writing of 2014.

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NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD

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