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Writing the Rapture - Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America (Hardcover)
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Writing the Rapture - Prophecy Fiction in Evangelical America (Hardcover)
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For the past twenty years, evangelical prophecy novels have been a
powerful presence on American bestseller lists. Emerging from a
growing conservative culture industry, the genre dramatizes events
that many believers expect to occur at the end of the age - the
rapture of the saved, the rise of the Antichrist, and the fearful
tribulation faced by those who are "left behind."
Seeking the forces that drove the unexpected success of the Left
Behind novels, Crawford Gribben traces the gradual development of
the prophecy fiction genre from its eclectic roots among early
twentieth-century fundamentalists. The first rapture novels came
onto the scene at the high water mark of Protestant America. From
there, the genre would both witness the defeat of conservative
Protestantism and participate in its eventual reconstruction and
return, providing for the renaissance of the evangelical
imagination that would culminate in the Left Behind novels.
Yet, as Gribben shows, the rapture genre, while vividly expressing
some prototypically American themes, also serves to greatly
complicate the idea of American modernity-assaulting some of its
most cherished tenets. Gribben concludes with a look at "post-Left
Behind" rapture fiction, noting some works that were written
specifically to counter the claims of the best-selling series.
Along the way, he gives attention not just to literary fictions,
but to rapture films and apocalyptic themes in Christian music.
Writing the Rapture is an indispensable guide to this flourishing
yet little understood body of literature.
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