Writing the Rapture

Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-532660-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 629 g

In this book, Crawford Gribben offers the only full-length history, description, and analysis of the rapture-novel genre. The late 1980s, which saw a renaissance of the evangelical imagination, culminated in the creation of the Left Behind series, co-authored by Tim La Haye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The novels in this series, Gribben shows, are astonishingly derivative - borrowing entire characters and significant incidents from earlier books. Analyzing the unexpected publishing success of the Left Behind novels, he characterizes the series as a barometer of evangelical popular opinion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gribben, Crawford

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Andere und Moderne Christliche Glaubensgemeinschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum: Sachbuch, Erbauungsliteratur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Glossary

- Introduction

- 1: The eclectic roots of prophecy fiction

- 2: The orthodox consolidation of prophecy fiction

- 3: Prophecy fiction and the Second World War

- 4: Prophecy fiction and the Cold War

- 5: Prophecy fiction and evangelical political re-engagement

- 6: The Left Behind phenomenon

- 7: Prophecy fiction after Left Behind

- Conclusion

- Notes

- Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Crawford Gribben is Long Room Hub Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Print Culture at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.