Simulating the apocalypse: theology and structure of the Left Behind Games
This article is a structural analysis of Left Behind, a real-time strategy computer game that is loosely based on the best selling series of novels written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Both the books and the game are popular cultural expressions of a Christian theology that posits an apocalyptic...
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Heidelberg University Publishing
2015
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Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Pages: 85-106 |
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LaHaye, Tim 1926-2016, The left behind series
/ Jenkins, Jerry B. 1949-, The left behind series
/ Computer game
/ End of the world
/ Theology
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Narrative Structure
B Computer Games B the Rapture B Dispensationalism B premillenialism |
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