Marks of the Beast
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20199490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glenn W Shuck (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 48-63 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2004.8.2.48 |
| OpenAlex | W2013132601 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
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 "here and now," articulating in narrative form the beliefs and actions that place one among either the saved or the damned. The novels accomplish this through the issuance of marks. Both believers and the followers of Antichrist have distinctive marks, which prove less than reliable. At stake, ultimately, is an evangelicalism open to the ambiguity and uncertainty of contemporary life, and a reactive fundamentalism that insists, metaphorically, on the rigidity of marks—a quest for certainty ill-advised in a world characterized by relentless change
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Art · Certainty · Epistemology · Fundamentalism · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Phenomenon · Political science · Publishing · Sociology · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,37 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |