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Author_Glenn W. Shuck
Author_John M. Stroup
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contemporary America
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nihilism
pessimism
pop culture
Product details
- ISBN 9781932792522
- Weight: 490g
- Dimensions: 153 x 227mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2007
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Escape into the Future analyzes the power of pessimism, showing links between present-day religious pessimism and the nihilism of popular culture. Stroup and Shuck rummage through an interesting and eclectic body of pop culture--from Fight Club to X-Files to the Left Behind series--pointing out the presence of pessimistic themes throughout. This volume identifies and illuminates the religious language used in these works to articulate America's need to escape from its present cultural path and, ultimately, provide hope that it might do so.
Glenn W. Shuck is Assistant Professor of Religion at Williams College.
John M. Stroup is Harry and Hazel Chavanne Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University.
