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The rapture - an apocalytpic scenario during which Jesus secretly returns to earth and gathers to him all believers, leaving chaos behind - is anticipated by millions of Americans. These millions have made the Left Behind series - novels that depict the rapture and apocalypse - perennial bestsellers, with millions of copies in print. In Rapture Culture, Amy Johnson Frykholm explores this remarkable phenomenon, seeking to understand why America...

In the 'twinkling of an eye' Jesus secretly returns to earth and gathers to him all believers. As they are taken to heaven, the world they leave behind is plunged into chaos. Cars and airplanes crash and people search in vain for loved ones. Plagues, famine, and suffering follow. The antichrist emerges to rule the world and to destroy those who oppose him. Finally, Christ comes again in glory, defeats the antichrist and reigns over the earth. ...

With engaging sketches of the book of Daniel to contemporary America, Amy Frykholm offers a tour through more than two millennia of Christian thought on the future. Frykholm outlines the enduring fascination believers have had for future events and the myriad ways they have articulated their beliefs about what the future holds.