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THE RAPTURE EXPOSED
The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation
Barbara R. Rossing, 2004| $14.95 | Ships within 24 hours! | Secure Order Form |
The idea of "The Rapture" 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. 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, based on a psychology of fear. The truth 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface to the Hardcover Edition
- The Destructive Racket of Rapture
- The Invention of the Rapture
- Prophecy and Apocalypse
- The Journey Begins
Rome's Worship of Victory - Lamb Power
- Nonviolence
Conquering in Revelation - The Exodus Story in Revelation
- Hijacking the Lamb
Addiction to Wrath and War - Rapture in Reverse
God's Vision for Renewing the World - The Journey Outward
Homecoming to the World
Epilogue: Debunking the Rapture by Verse
Reader Discussion Guide
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
AUTHOR PROFILE
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, Illinois.
BOOK SPECIFICATIONS
222 pages, paper, index.
ISBN 0813343143