Marks of the beast : the left behind novels and the struggle for evangelical identity
The 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. In Marks of the Beast, Shuck uncovers the reasons behind the books' unprecedented appeal, assessing why the novels have achieved a status within the evangelical community even g
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Introduction: first words on last things
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 of the network culture/beast system
Technologies of transcendence : "beast religion" and the deification/demonization of the network culture
Marks of the beast : the struggle for evangelical identity
Beast, Inc. : evangelical resistance and the internalization of evil
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