RT Article T1 Marks of the Beast JF Nova religio VO 8 IS 2 SP 48 OP 63 A1 Shuck, Glenn W. LA English PB University of Californiarnia Press YR 2004 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1816077747 AB The Left Behind novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins have become a major publishing phenomenon in recent years. The novels have succeeded in part because they address the anxieties of their readers, using apocalyptic language to depict a future world in which evildoers are punished, and the faithful reverse the tables on their cultural marginality. The novels, however, also speak to the DO 10.1525/nr.2004.8.2.48