Dread and Hope brings early Christian hopes concerning the consummation of the cosmos and modern apocalyptic pop-culture into dialog. Drawing from a wide range of research and media, Joshua Wise examines how figures like Antiochus IV, Damien from The Omen, the Emperor Nero, and Winston Smith from Orwell’s 1984 inform each other.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Collapse of All Things
Chapter 2: The Evil One
Chapter 3: When He Appears
Chapter 4: The Living Dead
Chapter 5: The Dread Judge
Chapter 6: Hell
Chapter 7: Kingdom Come
Conclusion
Appendix: The Rapture
