Everyday Apocalypse - by David Dark (Paperback)

About the Book

A revised and expanded edition of David Dark's influential first book

Book Synopsis

Everyday Apocalypse recovers the root meaning of the term apocalypse (revelation) to use the concept as a lens through which art and other acts of creative nonviolence that often go unseen may be brought into focus. Interweaving an examination of popular culture with ancient insight and contemporary political awareness, Dark uses the concept of the apocalyptic to celebrate epiphanies about the world we live in and the meaning of human experience within it. Since its original publication in 2002, the book has become a deeply influential text among two generations of intellectual evangelical Christians who find themselves at odds with their families and communities over issues of politics and culture, particularly in the South.

This revised edition of the book includes an introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib, an extensive afterword, updates in light of the passage of time since its publication, and new insights from the author, whose outspokenness has placed him outside of circles in which he was once supported and celebrated.

Review Quotes

Praise for the first edition:
"[Dark] is a wide, wise, and good reader, and this book shows him also to be a fine writer--illuminating, engaging, often funny, sometimes disturbing. Familiarity with the cultural phenomena to which he points is helpful, but not necessary. Throughout he helpfully gestures toward others with apocalyptic eyeglasses: poets, theologians, critics, celebrities. If readers allow the book to do its work, they, too, will acquire what he calls 'apocalyptic acumen' or 'imaginative magnanimity.'"
--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

David Dark is an associate professor of religion and the arts in the School of Theology and Christian Ministry at Belmont University.