Marks of the beast : the left behind novels and the struggle for evangelical identity / Glenn W. Shuck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shuck, Glenn W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--United States.

Evangelicalism.

Eschatology.

LaHaye, Tim F. Left behind series.

LaHaye, Tim F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.

ISBN:

9780814788516

0814788513

9780814783559

0814783554

9781429414197

1429414197

OCLC:

779828304