Rapture culture [electronic resource] : left behind in Evangelical America / Amy Johnson Frykholm.
Publication details: Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: viii, 224 pSubject(s):- 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
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- PS3562.A315 L4434 2004eb
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.
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