03237nam 2200781 a 450 991046545970332120200520144314.00-19-803622-197866107043231-4237-2039-31-280-70432-2(CKB)2560000000300055(EBL)3052013(OCoLC)191827190(SSID)ssj0000089128(PQKBManifestationID)11124224(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000089128(PQKBWorkID)10088985(PQKB)11249307(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075063(MiAaPQ)EBC3052013(Au-PeEL)EBL3052013(CaPaEBR)ebr10103633(CaONFJC)MIL70432(EXLCZ)99256000000030005520030514d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRapture culture[electronic resource] left behind in Evangelical America /Amy Johnson FrykholmOxford, England ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515983-7 0-19-983561-6 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.The 'Left Behind' series consist of novels that depict the rapture and apocalypse, with millions of copies in print. In 'Rapture Culture', Amy J. Frykholm explores this remarkable phenomenon, seeking to understand why American evangelicals find the idea of the rapture so compelling. The book draws on extensive interviews with readers of the novels.Christian fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismProtestantism and literatureHistory20th centuryAntichristHistory of doctrines20th centuryApocalyptic literatureHistory and criticismRapture (Christian eschatology)End of the world in literatureEvangelicalism in literatureSecond Advent in literatureEschatology in literatureElectronic books.Christian fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Protestantism and literatureHistoryAntichristHistory of doctrinesApocalyptic literatureHistory and criticism.Rapture (Christian eschatology)End of the world in literature.Evangelicalism in literature.Second Advent in literature.Eschatology in literature.813/.54Frykholm Amy Johnson1971-944146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465459703321Rapture culture2131171UNINA