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

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.

Author: Barbara R. Rossing
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 07/01/2005
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.34w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9780813343143
ISBN10: 0813343143
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | Eschatology
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | Worship & Liturgy
- Religion | Eschatology

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.