Publication

2005 - New York University Press, New York, NY

Language

English

Word Count

68,250 words, Guess

Page Count

273 pages

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  • LCCBR

Description

Shuck uncovers the reasons behind the books' unprecedented appeal, assessing why the novels have achieved a status within the evangelical community even greater than Hal Lindsey's 1970 blockbuster The Late Great Planet Earth. It also explores what we can learn from them about evangelical Christianity in America. Shuck finds that, ironically, the series not only reflects contemporary trends within conservative evangelicalism but also encourages readersespecially evangelicalsto embrace solutions that enact, rather than engage, their fears. Most strikingly, he shows how the ultimate vision put forth by the series' authors inadvertently undermines itself as the series unfolds.

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Other Editions

  • Marks of the beast: the left behind novels and the struggle for evangelical identityNew York University Press2005-01-01

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