The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation
by Rossing, Barbara R.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-03-30
Publisher(s): Perseus Books Group
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Summary
The idea of "The Rapture" - the return of Christ to snatch born-again Christians off the earth - is an extremely popular interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the Bible and a jumping-off point for the best-selling Left Behind series of books. However, most Christian churches and biblical scholars condemn rapture theology as a distortion of Christian faith with little biblical basis. Yet this interpretation, based on a psychology of fear and destruction, guides the daily acts of thousands if not millions of North Americans and people worldwide.InThe Rapture Exposed, professor of theology and ordained minister Barbara Rossing argues that the Left Behind novels' script for the world's future distorts the Bible, is disingenuous, and flat out wrong. There is neither "rapture" of Christians off the earth, nor does Revelation predict a seven-year tribulation culminating in war in Israel and the Middle East. Rather, Rossing argues, Revelation offers a vision of God's healing love for the world - a love that will not be left behind.The Rapture Exposedmakes the case for reclaiming Christianity from fundamentalists' destructive reading of the biblical story and back into God's beloved community.
Author Biography
Barbara R. Rossing teaches New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| The Destructive Racket of Rapture | p. 1 |
| The Invention of the Rapture | p. 19 |
| The Rapture Script for the Middle East | p. 47 |
| Prophecy and Apocalypse | p. 81 |
| The Journey Begins: Rome's Worship of Victory | p. 103 |
| Lamb Power | p. 109 |
| Nonviolence: Conquering in Revelation | p. 115 |
| The Exodus Story in Revelation | p. 123 |
| Hijacking the Lamb: Addiction to Wrath and War | p. 135 |
| Rapture in Reverse: God's Vision for Renewing the World | p. 141 |
| The Journey Outward: Homecoming to the World | p. 159 |
| Epilogue: Debunking the Rapture by Verse | p. 173 |
| Notes | p. 187 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 197 |
| Index | p. 201 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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