Everyday Apocalypse: The Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, the Simpsons, and Other Pop Culture Icons

by David Dark

Book Overview

The term "apocalypse" usually evokes images of mass destruction-burning buildings and nuclear fallout, or even rapture and tribulation. Often, our attempts to interpret the imagery of the book of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158743055X
• ISBN13: 9781587430558
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Brazos Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Apocalyptically Excellent

In contrast to the pop-theology of our time, "Everyday Apocalypse" is overdue and a welcome addition to my library. The thinking is crisp, straight up and spiritually profound without being pompous or boring. I am telling everyone I know about David Dark and "E.A".

Dense, but rewarding

Some reviewers tend to find Dark's prose directionless, but I found quite the opposite to be true. David is certainly a student of the intracacies of prose, and for me that opened up a whole new world of ideas. Reminds me very much of G.K. Chesterton's style. I wonder if Mr. Dark has ready any Chesterton. Given his stunning breadth of knowledge in the written word, I'm sure he has. Didn't quite understand a sentence? Re-read it carefully to see how each sentence lends itself to the next. Despite its intracacies, this is a book whose message transcends the sum of its parts. Reccomended to anyone who is interested in making the radical assertion that Christ is Lord, and anyone willing to see a truer reflection of what Christ-following and Christian culture should entail, rather than what the mainstream media is willing to depict.By the way, since when was Flannery O'Connor a pop-culture icon?!

Powerful Reading

Every once in a while a book like Everyday Apocalypse comes along which challenges the way I think. Reading it forced me to question some of my normally unquestioned assumptions. After only one reading it's difficult for me to summarize my feelings about it. There's much too much to digest in one sitting. But I can freely say that Everyday Apocalypse is original, poignant, insightful, and very entertaining, and Dark's fresh analysis of some of my favorite pop icons and his challenge to see the world in a different way remain on my mind long after I put this book down. For those reasons alone it is worth 5 stars.

Book Rating

This book goes into your soul and speaks to you

A Wonderful Read!

David Dark has written a book that will open eyes. Reclaiming the word apocalyptic and taking back its true meaning, his examples of the spiritual in our pop culture are diverse and pertinent. I have already had several good conversations with people about the concepts David brings forth in this book. I highly recommend this book to Christians who want to be in this world, but not of this world.