Cowboy Apocalypse: Religion and the Myth of the Vigilante Messiah

＂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＂--

Rachel Wagner is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca College. She is the author of Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality.