Feeling the Future at Christian End-Time Performances By Jill Stevenson. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2022; pp. xii + 230, 7 illustrations. $75 cloth, $59.95 e-book.

Abstract

In Feeling the Future, Stevenson studies modern Evangelical end-time productions linked to churches and other religious organizations throughout the United States to demonstrate how these immersive performances construct deeply felt anxiety about future time within its viewers for specific aims: to save one's own soul and that of another, and to remain vigilant and prepared for the inevitable end times. In her Introduction, "Seeking an End,” Stevenson outlines Western Christian eschatological history before discussing modern Evangelical performances that foster future time. According to the creators of these experiences, producing anxiety about the future leads people to make better choices in their day-to-day lives as they prepare for the end.