Evangelicals and Israel The Story of American Christian Zionism

Name: Evangelicals and Israel The Story of American Christian Zionism
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ISBN: 9780195368024

ISBN-10: 0195368029

ISBN-13: 9780195368024

Edition: 2008

Authors: Stephen Spector

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This is a study of Christian Zionism and the ways that religion and politics converge in American evangelicals' love and support for Israel and the Jewish people. Because of evangelicals' influence on the Middle East policies of George W. Bush, this is a topic of immense current importance. It bears on some of the most difficult and dangerous global issues -- not only the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but also the relationship between the West and the Islamic world. Christian Zionism is often said to stem from the belief that the Jews must return to their ancestral home in the Holy Land as a precondition for Christ's return. Observers also point to the evangelicals' frequent citation of…

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List price: $71.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/9/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.42" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Preface


Abbreviations



"We Are with the Jewish People,"



Promise and Prophecy, Love and Remorse: The Bases of Evangelical Support for Israel



The Evangelical Mosaic



The Arab and Muslim Enemy



The War with Islam as a Faith



Criticisms of Christian Zionism



"It's My Land and Keep Your Hands Off of It,"



God's Timetable



Prophecy, Policy, and the Unfolding of God's Plan



Christian Zionists, Bush, and the Al-Aqsa Intifada



Evangelicals and the Dynamics of George W. Bush's Middle East Policy


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index