How to Survive the Apocalypse

Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Popular Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Religious, Christianity, General Christianity
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Author: Robert Joustra, Alissa Wilkinson ISBN: 9781467445290
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Publication: May 20, 2016
Imprint: Eerdmans Language: English
Author: Robert Joustra, Alissa Wilkinson
ISBN: 9781467445290
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication: May 20, 2016
Imprint: Eerdmans
Language: English

Incisive insights into contemporary pop culture and its apocalyptic bent

The world is going to hell. So begins this book, pointing to the prevalence of apocalypse — cataclysmic destruction and nightmarish end-of-the-world scenarios — in contemporary entertainment.

In How to Survive the Apocalypse Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson examine a number of popular stories — from the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica to the purging of innocence in Game of Thrones to the hordes of zombies in The Walking Dead — and argue that such apocalyptic stories reveal a lot about us here and now, about how we conceive of our life together, including some of our deepest tensions and anxieties.

Besides analyzing the dsytopian shift in popular culture, Joustra and Wilkinson also suggest how Christians can live faithfully and with integrity in such a cultural context.

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Incisive insights into contemporary pop culture and its apocalyptic bent

The world is going to hell. So begins this book, pointing to the prevalence of apocalypse — cataclysmic destruction and nightmarish end-of-the-world scenarios — in contemporary entertainment.

In How to Survive the Apocalypse Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson examine a number of popular stories — from the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica to the purging of innocence in Game of Thrones to the hordes of zombies in The Walking Dead — and argue that such apocalyptic stories reveal a lot about us here and now, about how we conceive of our life together, including some of our deepest tensions and anxieties.

Besides analyzing the dsytopian shift in popular culture, Joustra and Wilkinson also suggest how Christians can live faithfully and with integrity in such a cultural context.

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