The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation - Softcover

Rossing, Barbara R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813343143 ISBN 13: 9780813343143

Publisher: Basic Books, 2005

Synopsis

The idea of “The Rapture”—the return of Christ to rescue and deliver Christians off the earth—is an extremely popular interpretation of the Bible’s Book of Revelation and a jumping-off point for the best-selling “Left Behind” series of books. This interpretation, based on a psychology of fear and destruction, guides the daily acts of thousands if not millions of people worldwide. In The Rapture Exposed, Barbara Rossing argues that this script for the world’s future is nothing more than a disingenuous distortion of the Bible. The truth, Rossing argues, is that Revelation offers a vision of God’s healing love for the world. The Rapture Exposed reclaims Christianity from fundamentalists’ destructive reading of the biblical story and back into God’s beloved community.

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Review:

"Rossing persuasively argues that there is neither a 'rapture' nor a 'count down to Armageddon' in the Scriptures."

About the Author:

Barbara R. Rossing teaches New Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. She holds a doctorate from Harvard University Divinity School and a Masters of Divinity degree from Yale University Divinity School. An ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, she lives in Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0813343143
• ISBN 13: 9780813343143
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240