Dispensationalism

=== Influence of Dallas Theological Seminary ===
By the mid 20th century, dispensationalism was being promoted by evangelical stalwarts such as [[Charles L. Feinberg|Charles Feinberg]], [[J. Dwight Pentecost]], [[Herman A. Hoyt|Herman Hoyt]], [[Charles Caldwell Ryrie|Charles Ryrie]], and [[John Walvoord]].<ref name=":20" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite book |last=Clouse |first=Robert G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voEVDAAAQBAJ |title=The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology |date=2010-04-16 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=978-0-19-973588-4 |editor-last=Walls |editor-first=Jerry |language=en |chapter=Fundamentalist Theology}}</ref>{{Rp|page=269}} All of them either studied or taught at Dallas Theological Seminary.<ref name=":20" /> Pentecost taught at DTS for more than 60 years, and published one of the primary works on dispensational eschatology, ''Things to Come'' (1956). During this time period, Ryrie published what has become the primary introduction to dispensational theology, ''Dispensationalism Today'' (1965).<ref name=":20" />

Furthering the rift between covenantalism and dispensationalism, Ryrie wrote in ''Bibliotheca Sacra'' in 1957 that dispensationalism is "the only valid system of Biblical interpretation". In 1959, Walvoord stated that all non-dispensationalists, including Catholics and mainline Protestants, offered no defense against modernism and that they were under the influence of hermeneutical and theological errors.<ref name=":20" />

Throughout this period, the influence of DTS was growing as other schools and seminaries hired DTS graduates as faculty. In 1970, DTS graduate [[Hal Lindsey]] published ''[[The Late Great Planet Earth]]'' that would launch dispensational eschatology beyond anything previous. His book sold 10 million copies and made "[[rapture]]" and the "[[Great Tribulation|tribulation]]" household terms.<ref name=":20" />