Rapture culture

Frykholm, Amy Johnson, 1971-

Rapture culture left behind in Evangelical America / [electronic resource] : Amy Johnson Frykholm. - Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - viii, 224 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-218) and index.

The rapture in America -- Networks of readers, networks of meaning -- The margins of left behind's readership -- "I'm a survivor and he's a survivor" -- Reading the signs of the times -- Making prophecy live -- Witness to the Apocalypse -- Fear, desire, and the dynamics of left behind.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.




LaHaye, Tim F. 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.


Electronic books.

PS3562.A315 / L4434 2004eb

813/.54

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