Visions of the End: The Christian Book of Revelation and Other Apocalyptic Prophecies

The belief that our world will be purified by catastrophe, and redeemed by the return of Jesus Christ in our lifetime, is strongest in the United States and continues to shape our moral, military, and geopolitical concerns to a considerable extent. Indeed, visions of the end-times have been an enduring feature of the Judeo-Christian traditions of the West for millennia.

Yet, how may we understand the “end” in the Christian Book of Revelation? As a confrontation “willed” by a fearsome and punitive God to eradicate “his” people’s enemies – or as a transition characterized by turmoil and the birth pangs of new beginnings?

Visions of the End: The Christian Book of Revelation and other Apocalyptic Prophecies takes you on an insightful and thought-provoking journey beyond the scenarios of doomsday novels and Hollywood blockbusters….