Doomsday

The second half of Glorious Appearing documents the fulfillment of prophesy – “history written in advance” (237). Members of the Trib Force continuously exclaim over Carpathia’s eternal capacity to reject the prophesy, even as it starts to be fulfilled in front of his eyes. “Carpathia had to have read the Bible. He had to know […]

In Chapter 7, “The Problem of Endism,” Strozier concludes, “Social crisis, or a big war, or a disaster like nuclear terrorism could transform the [fundamentalist] movement overnight into a  potent and active apocalyptic force, and so transform the American political and social landscape” (Strozier 166). America, as a Christian nation, and more importantly, as the […]