Rapture culture : left behind in evangelical America.

Rapture culture : left behind in evangelical America.

The 'Left Behind' series consist of novels that depict the rapture and apocalypse, with millions of copies in print. In 'Rapture Culture', Amy J. Frykholm explores this remarkable phenomenon, seeking to understand why American evangelicals find the idea of the rapture so compelli...

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author: Frykholm, Amy Johnson, 1971-
Corporate Contributor: Oxford University Press.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
LaHaye, Tim, > 1926-2016. > Left behind series.
Christian fiction, American > History and criticism.
Protestantism and literature > History > 20th century.
Antichrist > History of doctrines > 20th century.
Apocalyptic literature > History and criticism.
Rapture (Christian eschatology)
End of the world in literature.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Second Advent in literature.
Eschatology in literature.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:The 'Left Behind' series consist of novels that depict the rapture and apocalypse, with millions of copies in print. In 'Rapture Culture', Amy J. Frykholm explores this remarkable phenomenon, seeking to understand why American evangelicals find the idea of the rapture so compelling. The book draws on extensive interviews with readers of the novels.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.
ISBN:0195159837
9780195159837

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