LEADER 03386oam 2200649I 450 001 9910781034203321 005 20151002020704.0 010 $a1-317-49102-5 010 $a1-315-71113-3 010 $a1-317-49103-3 010 $a1-322-45658-5 010 $a1-84553-765-3 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315711133 035 $a(CKB)2550000000011673 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1886908 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC516761 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1886908 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10395241 035 $a(OCoLC)898104134 035 $a(OCoLC)958107222 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL516761 035 $a(OCoLC)768693653 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136287 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781845537654 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000011673 100 $a20180706e20142009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 04$aThe end all around us $eapocalyptic texts and popular culture /$fedited by John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aMillennialism and society 300 $aFirst published by Equinox, 2009 an imprint of Acumen. 311 $a1-84553-261-9 311 $a1-84553-262-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / John Walliss and Kenneth G.C. Newport -- Songs of fate, hope and oblivion: Bob Dylan's dystopianism and apocalyticism / Gary Baines -- End of the world music: is extreme metal the sound of the apocalypse? / Keith Kahn-Harris -- Babylon's burning: reggae, Rastafari, and millenarianism / Christopher Partridge -- Apocalypse at the millennium / John Walliss -- "The days are numbered": the romance of death, doom, and deferral in contemporary apocalypse films / Lee Quinby -- Making things new: regeneration and transcendence in Anime / Mick Broderick -- Selling faith without selling out: reading the Left Behind novels in the context of popular culture / Jennie Chapman -- "The shadow of the end": the appeal of apocalypse in literary science fiction / Roslyn Weaver -- An end times virtual "Ekklesia": ritual deliberation in participatory media / Robert Glenn Howard. 330 $aThe Apocalypse or end times are a recurrent theme within contemporary popular culture. The End All Around Us presents a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of the apocalypse within art, literature, music and film. The essays draw on representations of the apocalypse in heavy metal music, science fiction, disaster movies and anime. The book examines key apocalyptic texts, focusing on their relevance to today. It will be invaluable to all those interested in the religious and cultural impact of apocalyptic thought. 410 0$aMillennialism and society. 606 $aPopular culture$xReligious aspects 606 $aEnd of the world 615 0$aPopular culture$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aEnd of the world. 676 $a202/.3 686 $a11.09$2bcl 701 $aNewport$b Kenneth G. C$0912265 701 $aWalliss$b John$f1974-$01064790 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781034203321 996 $aThe end all around us$93753147 997 $aUNINA