Книга: Christian Comics: Chick Tract, Manga Bible, the Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation, Pakkins' Land, Treasure Chest, Spire Christian Comics

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Chick Tract, Manga Bible, the Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation, Pakkins' Land, Treasure Chest, Spire Christian Comics, Sam119, Mike Yaconelli, the Guardian Line, Sunday Pix, Tullus. Excerpt: Cited by Chick Publications as their worldwide favorite, 'This Was Your Life' is available in over a hundred languages. Chick tracts are short evangelical -themed tracts created by American publisher Jack Chick . Chick tracts are styled as comics and are often controversial for their enthusiastic endorsement of fundamentalist Christianity and condemnation of other religions and other denominations , especially Catholicism . Style and recurring themes The tracts typically follow the themes of punishment or redemption in the afterlife, or set up a confrontation between an evangelical Christian and a non-Christian or non-evangelical Christian in order to spread a religious message. Most Chick tracts end with either a non-Christian being converted to Christianity or a contrast between those who accept the religion and those who reject it a convert receives entry into heaven , while a non-believer is condemned to hell , in a recycled scene in which God (portrayed as a giant, glowing, faceless figure sitting on a throne) condemns or welcomes a character. Several tracts follow a spiritual warfare theme similar to that of the novel This Present Darkness during scenes of human interaction, the presence of angels and demons manipulating the situation is sometimes revealed to the reader. The actions and conversations of the spiritual beings go unnoticed by the human characters. Additionally, Satan himself has appeared occasionally, portrayed as a devil bearing horns and a beard, and the Grim Reaper , in a black robe and wielding a scythe , is sometimes seen during (or before) a character's d...