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

by Barbara R. Rossing

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813343143
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	07/06/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

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.