In Paul: Living in the Last Days, Char Roone Miller reveals the Christian founder's previously under-examined considerations of the apocalypse as an undercurrent of today's popular culture doomsday fascinations. As we find the idea of the end of the world entertaining in TV shows like The Walking Dead or novels such as The Road, we are paralyzed in the face of real threats, such as climate change, to our continued existence. Paul's letters address this inability to act as a direct linkage between the law and death.

Char Roone Miller is associate professor in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University.