{"product_id":"how-to-survive-the-apocalypse-zombies-cylons-faith-politics-joustra-wilkinson-pb","title":"How to Survive the Apocalypse: Zombies, Cylons, Faith, and Politics at the End of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIncisive insights into contemporary pop culture and its apocalyptic bent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe world is going to hell.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo begins this book, pointing to the prevalence of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eapocalypse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — cataclysmic destruction and nightmarish end-of-the-world scenarios — in contemporary entertainment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Survive the Apocalypse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Robert Joustra and Alissa Wilkinson examine a number of popular stories — from the Cylons in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the purging of innocence in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the hordes of zombies in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBesides 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearl Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46215653982405,"sku":"W40126005","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/7660\/8453\/files\/s-l1600-2026-07-27T064656.443.webp?v=1785106086","url":"https:\/\/pearlpress.com.au\/products\/how-to-survive-the-apocalypse-zombies-cylons-faith-politics-joustra-wilkinson-pb","provider":"Pearl Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}