The idea that the godly would be “raptured,” or literally sucked into the air to meet Christ, was reportedly popularized by a dispensationalist British minister, John Nelson Darby, in the ...

Does a belief in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture doctrine tally with the essence of Christian Zionism?

The best-selling series about the end times grew out of centuries of Christian thought. But just because it was a breakout hit didn't mean it caused a new Great Awakening.