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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Shuck, Glenn W. Marks of the beast. New York : New York University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2004014840 (OCoLC)55982334 |
Named Person: | Tim LaHaye |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Glenn W Shuck |
ISBN: | 1429414197 9781429414197 9780814740040 0814740049 9780814740057 0814740057 9780814783559 0814783554 |
OCLC Number: | 76837847 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
Contents: | Introduction: first words on last things -- Signs of the times : the dispensational background of evangelical prophecy belief -- Reluctant rebels : the left behind novels and the politics of evangelical identity -- The emergence of the network culture/beast system -- Technologies of transcendence : "beast religion" and the deification/demonization of the network culture -- Marks of the beast : the struggle for evangelical identity -- Beast, Inc. : evangelical resistance and the internalization of evil. |
Responsibility: | Glenn W. Shuck. |
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A timely analysis of a religious movement that is quietly exercising enormous political influence today. Shuck's careful reading of LaHaye's troubling vision establishes unexpected connections with the leading edge of contemporary network culture. -- Mark C. Taylor,author of About Religion: Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture With this book, Glenn W. Shuck establishes himself as one of the foremost scholars of American evangelical Christianity. This work is both wonderfully written and creative. Based on Shuck's even-handed and insightful analysis, the reader learns about the meaning and astonishing popularity of books about end times, especially the Left Behind series. Marks of the Beast provides a dynamic lens into the meaning of religion in modern times. -- Michael O. Emerson,Director, Du Bois Center for the Advanced Study of Religion and Race, University of Notre Dame A provocative study. * Berkshire Eagle * Well-researched work employing sociological, literary, and theological perspectives. * Choice * Read more...

