Cultures of Apocalypse [audio 13min @03:30]

A CNN Poll found that 20% of Americans – nearly 60 million people - believe the Apocalypse will take place in their lifetime. In his new book Have a Nice Doomsday: Why Millions of Americans Are Looking Forward to the End of the World, Nicholas Guyatt claims that the growing constituency of Apocalyptic Christians have influenced American Foreign Policy, particularly in the Middle East; and also suggests that we should worry because the 'end of days' is not something they wish to avoid, but something they positively welcome. BBC presenter Laurie Taylor is joined by Nicholas Guyatt and religious commentator Martin Palmer to debate the issue.