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Joustra, Robert.
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Apocalyptic films -- History and criticism.
Apocalyptic television programs -- History and criticism.
End of the world.
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Joustra, Robert.
Apocalyptic films -- History and criticism.
Apocalyptic television programs -- History and criticism.
End of the world.
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How to survive the Apocalypse : zombies, cylons, faith, and politics at the end of the world / Robert Joustra & Alissa Wilkinson.
by
Joustra, Robert.
William B. Eerdmans Publishing, c2016.
Call #:
236 J86h
Subjects
Apocalyptic
films
--
History
and
criticism
.
Apocalyptic
television programs
--
History
and
criticism
.
End of the world.
ISBN:
9780802872715 (pbk.)
Description:
viii, 198 p. ; 23 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The world is going to hell
--
A short
history
of the secular age
--
A short
history
of the Apocalypse
--
Keep calm and fight the cylons: new ways to be human
--
Remember my name: antiheroes and inescapable horizons
--
A lonely man, his computer, and the politics of recognition
--
Winter is coming: the slide to subjectivism
--
How to survive the zombie Apocalypse
--
The scandal of subtler languages
--
May the odds be ever in your favor: learning to love faithful institutions
--
On Babylon's side.
Summary:
Cataclysmic destruction and nightmarish end-of-the-world scenarios are common in contemporary entertainment. The authors 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. Robert Joustra is director of the Centre for Christian Scholarship at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario. Alissa Wilkinson is assistant professor of English and humanities at The King's College, New York City, and chief film critic at Christianity Today.
Other authors:
Wilkinson, Alissa.
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