Tender Warriors: Muscular Christians, Promise Keepers, and the Crisis of Masculinity in Left Behind

The Left Behind series of "rapture" novels is undoubtedly one of the most intriguing, indeed perplexing, popular cultural phenomena to emerge from America in recent years. This essay seeks to analyze the problem of masculinity in the novels. A close textual examination reveals a masculinit...

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Main Author: Chapman, Jennie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2009]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2009, Volume: 21, Issue: 3
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