Saw this... and thought of you guys. Take a look, it's interesting, though not groundbraking. It's an interview between John Reppion and Dr Benny Peisner, a social anthropologist with particular research interest in human and cultural evolution.

Here's the interview:

http://www.achgut.com/dadgdx/index.php/dadgd/article/the_new_age_of_apocalypticism/