Rapture Fictions and the Changing Evangelical Condition
Despite its a-cultural claims, evangelicalism, as a movement, has been profoundly shaped by its changing cultural environments. The differences that now exist between American and British evangelicalisms have been illustrated in a recent series of apocalyptic novels. These novels share a common set...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2004
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Literature and theology
Year: 2004, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-94 |
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| Summary: | Despite its a-cultural claims, evangelicalism, as a movement, has been profoundly shaped by its changing cultural environments. The differences that now exist between American and British evangelicalisms have been illustrated in a recent series of apocalyptic novels. These novels share a common set of tropes with other ‘rapture novels’, but their negotiation with the demands of genre and dispensational theology illustrate the significance of the changing evangelical condition. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/18.1.77 |