Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times - Conscious Evolution TV

obin-bobinSuggestions for Further Reading from aVariety of PerspectivesAn AnnotatedBibliographyAriel, Yaakov. On Behalf of Israel: American Fundamentalist AttitudesToward Jews, Judaism, and Zionism, 1865–1945. Brooklyn, N.Y.:Carlson Publications, 1991.In this book, Ariel, the author of chapter 5 in our collection, tells thestory of the rise of the dispensationalist wing of fundamentalistChristianity, the viewpoint that undergirds the Left Behind books.Ariel explains how the restoration of Israel was a key component oftheir end-times beliefs, which led to fundamentalist Christian politicalsupport for the nation of Israel.Balmer, Randall. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into theEvangelical Subculture in America. New York: Oxford UniversityPress, 1989, 1993.Balmer’s book is something of a travelogue of stories introducing thereader to varieties of American evangelicalism. Chapter 3 “OnLocation,” focuses on Donald Thompson, the director of the film AThief in the Night, and discusses the tremendous influence his movieabout the rapture had on evangelicals in the 1970s and 1980s.Boyer, Paul. When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in ModernAmerican Culture. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1992.A study of the multifaceted role that end-times prophecy has playedthroughout the history of the United States. Boyer traces apocalypticthought from the early colonists through the present day, showing howrobin-bobin