Hope Revealed: The Message of the Book of Revelation--Then and Now

Robert P. Vande Kappelle

aug. 2013 · Wipf and Stock Publishers

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Hope Revealed sets the record straight. Revelation is not as bizarre and vindictive as many have imagined. Its message is hopeful, not pessimistic, world-affirming, not world-denying, and thoroughly congruent with the biblical emphasis on love, reconciliation, and forgiveness. Revelation invites us to drink deeply from its metaphors of promise and warning, vision and blessing. While Revelation's method and theological conceptuality are relatively different from the rest of the New Testament, once they are appreciated in their own right, they contribute to make this book not only one of the finest literary works in the Christian canon, but also one of the greatest theological achievements of early Christianity.

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Robert P. Vande Kappelle is College Chaplain and Professor of Religious Studies at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books, including his "Adventures in Spirituality" trilogy: Love Never Fails (2006), The Invisible Mountain (2010), and Into Thin Places (2011). His most recent titles are Beyond Belief (2012), a theological gestalt, and Iron Sharpens Iron (2013), its discussion guide (2013). He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA).