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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... importance of the work, and I am grateful for his support and encouragement. Finally, Michael O. Emerson, although a latecomer to the committee, did as much work as anyone to counsel me through the various stages, patiently reading ...
... important roles in my ability to produce this manuscript. I would also like to thank Hermann and Waltraud von Laer—my German host “family.” Hermann and I have spent many a late night discussing and debating American evangelicals, the ...
... important responsibility for the believer. Fourth, popular evangelicals believe that each individual must freely choose to either accept or deny Christ. Finally, and perhaps most important for the purposes of this study, popular ...
... important exceptions, but the term—as unwieldy and riddled with qualifications as it necessarily appears—remains meaningful. Finally, I have also chosen not to use the term “fundamentalist,” although a number of scholars I greatly ...
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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 |
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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 |