{"title":"Alissa Wilkinson","description":"Alissa Wilkinson is assistant professor of English and humanities at The King's College, New York City, and chief film critic at Christianity Today.","products":[{"product_id":"how-to-survive-the-apocalypse-zombies-cylons-faith-and-politics-at-the-end-of-the-world-paperback","title":"How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncisive insights into contemporary pop culture and its apocalyptic bent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe world is going to hell. \u003c\/i\u003eSo begins this book, pointing to the prevalence of \u003ci\u003eapocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e -- cataclysmic destruction and nightmarish end-of-the-world scenarios -- in contemporary entertainment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson examine a number of popular stories -- from the Cylons in \u003ci\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/i\u003e to the purging of innocence in \u003ci\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/i\u003e to the hordes of zombies in \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e -- and argue that such apocalyptic stories reveal a lot about us here and now, about how we conceive of our life together, including some of our deepest tensions and anxieties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Besides analyzing the dsytopian shift in popular culture, Joustra and Wilkinson also suggest how Christians can live faithfully and with integrity in such a cultural context.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50122795614431,"sku":"9780802872715","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/N0FxWk9ZZHByeStLTlpkSkgycmttdz09.webp?v=1781665426"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/alissa-wilkinson.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}