ISBN10: 0313354383, ISBN13: 9780313354380, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This wide-ranging exploration of the apocalypse in Western culture seeks to understand how we have come to be so preoccupied with spectacular visions of our own annihilation-offering abundant examples of the changing nature of our imagined destruction, and predisposing readers to discover many more all around them.The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare explores why apocalyptic thinking exists, how it has been manifested in Western culture through the ages, and how it has woven itself so thoroughly into our popular culture today.Beginning with contemporary apocalyptic expressions, the book demonstrates how surprisingly widespread they are. It then discusses how we inherited them and where they arose. Author Annie Rehill surveys the ancient belief systems from which Christianity evolved, including ancient Judaism and other faiths. She explores the vision outlined in the Book of Revelation and traces the apocalyptic thread through the Middle Ages, across the Reformation and Enlightenment, and to the Americas. Finally, to prove that the Apocalypse is indeed everywhere, Rehill returns to the present to consider the idea of apocalypse as it occurs in movies, books, comics and graphic novels, games, music, and art, as well asin televangelism and even presidential speeches. Her ...
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ISBN10: 0313354383, ISBN13: 9780313354380, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. This wide-ranging exploration of the apocalypse in Western culture seeks to understand how we have come to be so preoccupied with spectacular visions of our own annihilationoffering abundant examples of the changing nature of our imagined destruction, and predisposing readers to discover many more all around them.The Apocalypse Is Everywhere: A Popular History of America's Favorite Nightmare explores why apocalyptic thinking exists, how it has been manifested in Western culture through the ages, and how it has woven itself so thoroughly into our popular culture today.Beginning with contemporary apocalyptic expressions, the book demonstrates how surprisingly widespread they are. It then discusses how we inherited them and where they arose. Author Annie Rehill surveys the ancient belief systems from which Christianity evolved, including ancient Judaism and other faiths. She explores the vision outlined in the Book of Revelation and traces the apocalyptic thread through the Middle Ages, across the Reformation and Enlightenment, and to the Americas. Finally, to prove that the Apocalypse is indeed everywhere, Rehill returns to the present to consider the idea of apocalypse as it occurs in movies, books, comics and graphic novels, games, music, and art, as well asin televangelism and even presidential speeches. Her fascinating scholarship will surely have ...

ISBN10: 0313354383, ISBN13: 9780313354380, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover
[Castle Donington, DERBY, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2009]
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Santa Barbara, CA Praeger 2009 Hard cover New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 281 p. Contains: Frontispiece.

ISBN10: 0313354383, ISBN13: 9780313354380, [publisher: Praeger] Hardcover ex library book
[Skokie, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]