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 Christs return. Observers also point to the evangelicals frequent citation of Genesis 123, in which God promises that He will bless those who bless Abraham and his descendants, and curse those who curse them. Spector shows, however, that conservative Christians motives for supporting the Jewish state are much more complex and diverse than previous studies have noted. Among these motives are gratitude to the Jews for contributing the theological foundations of Christianity, and for being the source of the prophets and Jesus remorse for the Churchs history of antiSemitism and fear that God will judge the nations at the end of time on the basis of how they treated the Jewish people. Moreover, Israel is for evangelicals Gods prophetic clock, irrefutable proof that prophecy is true and is coming to pass in our lifetime. Some are also motivated by theologically based enmity...

Binding: Hardcover;354 pages; Publisher: Oxford University Press; Classification: HRAM2; Weight: 710 g; Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 31

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