Simulating the apocalypse: theology and structure of the Left Behind Games

This article is a structural analysis of Left Behind, a real-time strategy computer game that is loosely based on the best selling series of novels written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. Both the books and the game are popular cultural expressions of a Christian theology that posits an apocalyptic...

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Main Author: Jacobs, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Heidelberg University Publishing 2015
In: Online - Heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Pages: 85-106
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B LaHaye, Tim 1926-2016, The left behind series / Jenkins, Jerry B. 1949-, The left behind series / Computer game / End of the world / Theology
Further subjects:B Narrative Structure
B Computer Games
B the Rapture
B Dispensationalism
B premillenialism
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