Marks of the Beast: The Left Behind Novels and the Struggle for Evangelical IdentityThe Left Behind series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins has become a popular culture phenomenon, selling an astonishing 40 million copies to date. These novels, written by two well-known evangelical Christians, depict the experiences of those "left behind" in the aftermath of the Rapture, when Christ removes true believers, leaving everyone else to suffer seven years of Tribulation under Satan's proxy, Antichrist. |
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... binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10987654321 p 10987654321 Contents Acknowledgments Preface: About American Evangelicals Introduction: First Words on.
... American Evangelicals Introduction: First Words on Last Things 1 1 Signs of the Times: The Dispensational Background of Evangelical Prophecy Belief Reluctant Rebels: The Left Behind Novels and the Politics of Evangelical Identity The ...
... American Academy of Religion in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Wessinger asked many incisive questions about the project and encouraged me to publish it. A number of friends and colleagues also assisted me during this process. David A. Adcock ...
... American. Evangelicals. Before moving into the substance of the book, I want to provide readers with a sense of how I deploy the term “evangelical.”1 “Evangelical” is a much-misunderstood descriptor, owing in large measure to the many ...
... American population, and not simply isolated in a few denominations. But the same is true of popular evangelicals, and again, I believe that prophecy believers are much more often than not popular evangelicals—or potentially so— hence ...
Contents
First Words on Last Things | 1 |
The Dispensational Background
of Evangelical Prophecy Belief | 29 |
2 Reluctant Rebels | 53 |
3 The Emergence of the Network CultureBeast System | 82 |
4 Technologies of Transcendence | 112 |
5 Marks of the Beast | 141 |
6 Beast Inc | 167 |
Epilogue | 196 |
Notes | 209 |
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About the Author | 273 |
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Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: [5 Volumes] Eugene V. Gallagher,William M. Ashcraft No preview available - 2006 |
Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: [5 Volumes] Eugene V. Gallagher,William M. Ashcraft No preview available - 2006 |