Dread and Hope: Christian Eschatology and Pop Culture

Author:   Joshua Wise
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:  

9781978708167


Pages:   174
Publication Date:   03 February 2022
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Our Price $160.00 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

Dread and Hope: Christian Eschatology and Pop Culture


Add your own review!

Overview

Christianity was born in the midst of great expectation and fear about the world’s future. The existing Jewish paradigm of the coming Messiah, his antithesis, and the initiation of the coming age through resurrection and destruction set the stage for Christian beliefs about the end of the current age. However, the unexpected death and resurrection of Jesus caused that paradigm to be reformed within the burgeoning Christian faith, reshaping hopes and reworking old patterns. Dread and Hope explores the ways in which those old paradigms were challenged by Jesus’s death and resurrection, how the resulting eschatological landscape was understood within Christianity, and how modern popular culture has consumed and modified various components of Christian Hope. Joshua Wise examines how the central Christian eschatological themes such as the Antichrist, the Great Persecution, Heaven, and Hell have both been transformed and preserved in novels, television, films, and video games. Drawing on works such as 1984, Diablo, The Stand, What Dreams May Come, and the Fallout series, Dread and Hope considers how the human fears and desires shaped by Christian beliefs are expressed in popular culture.

Full Product Details

Author:   Joshua Wise
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781978708167


ISBN 10:   1978708165
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   03 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

Table of Contents

Reviews

The Last Things--death, a possible afterlife, the end of the world--have fascinated humanity from the beginning and today is no exception. Joshua Wise surveys the interplay between Christian beliefs and tradition about our ultimate fate and the panoply of presentations of these themes in popular culture, demonstrating a deft command of both fields. Many insights are shared along the way and Wise ends with his own thoughtful reflections on our present cultural moment. An enlightening and enjoyable contribution!--Michael Root, The Catholic University of America


Author Information

Joshua Wise (Ph.D, The Catholic University of America) is theologian in residence at Incarnation Holy Sacrament Church in Drexel Hill, PA.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

ls

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List