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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... evangelical identity / Glenn W. Shuck. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–8147–4004–9 (cloth: alk. paper) — ISBN 0–8147–4005–7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Evangelicalism—United States. 2. Eschatology. 3. LaHaye, Tim ...
... 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 Emergence ...
... evangelicals occasionally disagree about which groups belong in the fold and which count as heretical. In this text I am describing what evangelical media theorist Quentin J. Schultze calls the phenomenon of “popular evangelicalism ...
... evangelicals, not simply “prophecy believers.” Moreover, my overriding concern in this study is with evangelical identity and the potential consequences the acceptance of prophecy belief may carry for evangelical identity. Thus, I am ...
... evangelical subculture, the tension one finds in the novels that asks which direction evangelicalism ought to go ... evangelical subculture, albeit the conservative side. Thus, I opt for the term “evangelical,” but with qualifications ...
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 |