Cowboy apocalypse : religion and the myth of the vigilante messiah / Rachel Wagner.

Author/creator Wagner, Rachel author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York : New York University Press, [2025]
Description307 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Cowboys in popular culture.
Cowboys--Mythology.
Popular culture--Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Cowboys dans la culture populaire.
Cowboys--Mythologie.
Culture populaire--Aspect religieux. --Christianisme.
West (U.S.)--In popular culture.
EĢtats-Unis (Ouest)--Dans la culture populaire.

Portion of title Religion and the myth of the vigilante messiah
Contents 13 ways of looking at a gun -- The bones : cowboy apocalypse as story -- Shooting the cowboy apocalypse -- A White man's frontier : The walking dead -- "Eat leaden death, demon" : first-person shooter as end-time ritual -- Witnessing the future : Doomsday preppers -- The NRA in the game : the man behind the gun -- Souvenirs of apocalypse -- Live-action role-play : real players, real bullets -- Otherwise.
Abstract "The cowboy apocalypse is a pervasive story replayed in books, film, television, videogames, and live-action-role-playing which blends the mythology of the American Western with doomsday prophecies in which the good guy with the gun is the messiah and God has nothing to do with the apocalypse"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Wagner, Rachel. Cowboy apocalypse New York : New York University Press, 2025 9781479831630
LCCN 2024012779
ISBN9781479831623 hardcover
ISBN147983162X hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book