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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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 |
249 | |
259 | |
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 |