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003			OCoLC
005			20210204103657.0
008			030514s2004 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a0195159837 _q(alk. paper)
020			_a9780195159837 _q(alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)53369657
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050	0	0	_aPS3562.A315 _bF948R
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100	1		_aFrykholm, Amy Johnson, _d1971-
245	1	0	_aRapture culture : _bleft behind in Evangelical America / _cAmy Johnson Frykholm
264		1	_aOxford, England ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2004
300			_aviii, 224 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index
505	0		_aThe 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
520	1		_a"In the "twinkling of an eye" Jesus secretly returns to earth and gathers to him all believers. As they are taken to heaven, the world they leave behind is plunged into chaos. Cars and airplanes crash and people search in vain for loved ones. Plagues, famine, and suffering follow
520	8		_aThe Antichrist emerges to rule the world and to destroy those who oppose him. Finally, Christ comes again in glory, defeats the Antichrist, and reigns over the earth. This apocalyptic scenario is anticipated by millions of Americans. These millions have made the Left Behind series - novels that depict the rapture and apocalypse - perennial bestsellers, with more than 40 million copies now in print."
520	8		_a"In Rapture Culture, Amy Johnson Frykholm explores this remarkable phenomenon, seeking to understand why American evangelicals find the idea of the rapture so compelling. What is the secret behind the remarkable popularity of the apocalyptic genre? One answer, she argues, is that the books provide a sense of identification and communal belonging that counters the "social atomization" that characterizes modern life. This also helps explain why they appeal to female readers, despite the deeply patriarchal worldview they promote
520	8		_aTracing the evolution of the genre of rapture fiction, Frykholm notes that at one time such narratives expressed a sense of alienation from modern life and protest against the loss of tradition and the marginalization of conservative religious views. Now, however, evangelicalism's renewed popular appeal has rendered such themes obsolete. Left Behind evinces a new embrace of technology and consumer goods as tools for God's work, while retaining a protest against modernity's transformation of traditional family life."--Jacket
600	1	0	_aLaHaye, Tim F. _tLeft behind series
650		0	_aChristian fiction, American _xHistory and criticism
650		0	_aProtestantism and literature _xHistory _y20th century
650		0	_aAntichrist _xHistory of doctrines _y20th century
650		0	_aApocalyptic literature _xHistory and criticism
650		0	_aRapture (Christian eschatology)
650		0	_aEnd of the world in literature
650		0	_aEvangelicalism in literature
650		0	_aSecond Advent in literature
650		0	_aEschatology in literature
655		7	_aCriticism, interpretation, etc. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411635
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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