Marks of the Beast: The Left Behind Novels and the Struggle for Evangelical IdentityNYU Press, 2005 - 273 pagina's 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. |
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... 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 drafts and providing an excellent example of professionalism for me to emulate. A ...
... Finally, I owe thanks to three very special people. My late grandmother, Dorothy Ida Ulrich, made sure I followed my academic dreams and would have been quite proud to see them coming to fruition. And last but certainly not least, I ...
... Finally, and perhaps most important for the purposes of this study, popular evangelicals believe that Christ will return soon to establish his literal, millennial kingdom on Earth. Put differently, despite using various forms of the ...
... Finally, I have also chosen not to use the term “fundamentalist,” although a number of scholars I greatly respect do. This is not necessarily because the term has no explanatory value. Like “evangelical,” it has been used to cover a ...
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Inhoudsopgave
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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