Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Left behind and hating it -- 1. Ascension deficit disorder : the art of reading poetically -- 2. Artificial intimidation : this rapture brought to you by Anxiety, Inc. -- 3. Left behind theology and homotextuality : the struggle against textual perversion -- 4.Pulpit fiction : living through the great fibulation -- 5. Victorious secret : a biblical view of naked people -- 6. I'll be back : the return of Jesus' evil twin -- Conclusion : Left behind and loving it -- Bibliography.
Summary:
"Left behind and loving it" is a cheeky critique of popular writings about the end times. Rather than presenting a steroid-buffed Jesus wrapped in an American flag and "coming again in clouds of gunfire," Left Behind and Loving It invites readers to approach some of the most controversial and scary portions of the Scriptures with the utter confidence that "God's steadfast love endures forever." Rather than asserting a hope premised on a few chosen ones escaping the world, Left Behind and Loving It argues that if it is Jesus who is to return (and not his evil twin), then the second coming has redemption written all over it. Many today cannot accept the escapist, violent, end-of-the-world scenario envisioned by "Left Behind" theology. "Left behind and loving it" invites readers not to fear but to trust in God's steadfast love and look at the finitude of the world with hope in an infinitely loving God.
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