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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anne Collier Rehill |
| ISBN: | 9780313354380 0313354383 9780313354397 0313354391 |
| OCLC Number: | 422757505 |
| Description: | xii, 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Part I: Ubiquitous cultural expressions -- Apocalyptic warnings : from TV to the White House -- Doomsday broadcasting on Comedy Central -- Homer Simpson and the rapture -- Party in hell on South Park -- Using Revelation as a template : the Left behind series -- Apocalyptic brutality : Cormac McCarthy -- Part II: How we inherited the book of Revelation -- The apocalypse emerges from ancient ideas -- From the Hebrew distillation to Islamic interpretations -- Modern apocalyptic source : John's book of Revelation -- Christianity conquers Europe : the Middle Ages -- Religious challenges--and imagining no apocalypse -- Christianity and Revelation cross the Atlantic -- Part III: Acting out the apocalypse in the new world -- Apocalypse in literature and film -- More doomsday tales -- Armageddon hits the big screen -- Eternity in comics and graphic novels -- Judgment Day in music and art -- TV and games to the rescue -- Apocalyptic fun in your own backyard. |
| Responsibility: | Anne Rehill. |
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