"LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . . "Fi del món en la literatura." . . "Anticrist Història de les doctrines S. XX." . . "Eschatology in literature." . . "Eschatology in literature" . "Frykholm, Amy Johnson" . . "Protestantyzm i literatura 20 w." . . "Receptie." . . "Literatura religijna amerykańska 20 w. historia i krytyka." . . "Novel·la cristiana nord-americana Història i crítica." . . "Protestantisme i literatura Història S. XX." . . "Antychryst historia doktryn 20 w." . . "Roman religieux américain 1990-...." . . "Èxtasi." . . "Apocalyptic literature" . . "1900 - 1999" . . "Evangelikale Bewegung." . . "Verenigde Staten." . . "Evangelischen." . . "Literatura apocalíptica Història i crítica." . . "Fictie." . . "Koniec świata w literaturze." . . "Segon advent." . . "Christliche Literatur amerikanische Geschichte 20. Jh." . . "Ekstase Motiv Literatur USA." . . "Protestantism and literature" . . . . "End of the world in literature." . . "End of the world in literature" . "Literatur USA Motiv Ekstase." . . "Christian fiction, American History and criticism." . . "Antichrist History of doctrines 20th century." . . "Eschatologia w literaturze." . . . "Rapture culture : left behind in Evangelical America" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rapture culture left behind in Evangelical America"@en . . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . "Rapture culture left behind in Evangelical America" . . . . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . "Llibres electrònics" . . . "Rapture culture : left behind in evangelical America" . . . "In the \"twinkling of an eye\" Jesus secretly returns to earth and gathers to him all believers. As they are taken to heaven, the world they leave behind is plunged into chaos. Cars and airplanes crash and people search in vain for loved ones. Plagues, famine, and suffering follow. The antichrist emerges to rule the world and to destroy those who oppose him. Finally, Christ comes again in glory, defeats the antichrist and reigns over the earth. This apocalyptic scenario is anticipated by millions of Americans. These millions have made the Left Behind series--novels that depict the rapture and apocalypse--perennial bestsellers, with over 40 million copies now in print. In Rapture Culture, Amy Johnson Frykholm explores this remarkable phenomenon, seeking to understand why American evangelicals find the idea of the rapture so compelling. What is the secret behind the remarkable popularity of the apocalyptic genre? One answer, she argues, is that the books provide a sense of identification and communal belonging that counters the \"social atomization\" that characterizes modern life. This also helps explain why they appeal to female readers, despite the deeply patriarchal worldview they promote. Tracing the evolution of the genre of rapture fiction, Frykholm notes that at one time such narratives expressed a sense of alienation from modern life and protest against the loss of tradition and the marginalization of conservative religious views. Now, however, evangelicalism's renewed popular appeal has rendered such themes obsolete. Left Behind evinces a new embrace of technology and consumer goods as tools for God's work, while retaining a protest against modernity's transformation of traditional family life. Drawing on extensive interviews with readers of the novels, Rapture Culture sheds light on a mindset that is little understood and far more common than many of us suppose." . . . . . . "Rapture culture : Left behind in Evangelical America"@en . "Rapture Culture Left Behind in Evangelical America" . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . "Rapture culture left behind in evangelical America"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rapture culture : \"Left behind\" in evangelical America" . . . . . . . . . "Rapture culture : left behind in Evangelical America"@en . "Literatur USA Motiv Apokalypse." . . "USA." . . "Protestantism and literature History 20th century." . . "Evangelisme." . . "Apokalypse Motiv Literatur USA." . . "Paruzja w literaturze." . . "Evangelicalism in literature." . . "Evangelicalism in literature" . "Apocalyptic literature History and criticism." . . "Second Advent in literature." . . "Second Advent in literature" . "Rapture." . . "Escatologia en la literatura." . . "Oxford University Press." . . "Rapture (Christian eschatology)" . . "Christian fiction, American" . . "Literatura apokaliptyczna 20 w. historia i krytyka." . . "Einde der tijden." . . "Antichrist History of doctrines" . .