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The Resource God's country : Christian Zionism in America, Samuel Goldman

God's country : Christian Zionism in America, Samuel Goldman

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"The United States is Israel's closest ally in the world. The fact is undeniable, and undeniably controversial, not least because it so often inspires conspiracy theorizing among those who refuse to believe that the special relationship serves America's strategic interests or places the United States on the right side of Israel's enduring conflict with the Palestinians. Some point to the nefarious influence of a powerful "Israel lobby" within the halls of Congress. Others detect the hand of evangelical Protestants who fervently support Israel for their own theological reasons. The underlying assumption of all such accounts is that America's support for Israel must flow from a mixture of collusion, manipulation, and ideologically driven foolishness. Samuel Goldman proposes another explanation. The political culture of the United States, he argues, has been marked from the very beginning by a Christian theology that views the American nation as deeply implicated in the historical fate of biblical Israel. God's Country is the first book to tell the complete story of Christian Zionism in American political and religious thought from the Puritans to 9/11. It identifies three sources of American Christian support for a Jewish state: covenant, or the idea of an ongoing relationship between God and the Jewish people; prophecy, or biblical predictions of return to The Promised Land; and cultural affinity, based on shared values and similar institutions. Combining original research with insights from the work of historians of American religion, Goldman crafts a provocative narrative that chronicles Americans' attachment to the State of Israel"--Jacket flaps
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
vi, 242 pages
Contents
  • All Israel Shall Be Saved : The Calling of the Jews and the Errand into the Wilderness
  • On Eagles' Wings : Jewish Restoration and the American Republic
  • Gather Yourselves Together : From Restorationism to Zionism
  • I Will Not Utterly Destroy the House of Jacob : Liberal Protestantism and the Partition of Palestine
  • The God of the Armies of Israel: Zionism and Judeo-Christian Civilization
  • I Will Bless Those Who Bless You : Zionism and the Christian Right
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9780812250039
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God's country : Christian Zionism in America
Title
God's country
Title remainder
Christian Zionism in America
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Samuel Goldman
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Language
eng
Summary
"The United States is Israel's closest ally in the world. The fact is undeniable, and undeniably controversial, not least because it so often inspires conspiracy theorizing among those who refuse to believe that the special relationship serves America's strategic interests or places the United States on the right side of Israel's enduring conflict with the Palestinians. Some point to the nefarious influence of a powerful "Israel lobby" within the halls of Congress. Others detect the hand of evangelical Protestants who fervently support Israel for their own theological reasons. The underlying assumption of all such accounts is that America's support for Israel must flow from a mixture of collusion, manipulation, and ideologically driven foolishness. Samuel Goldman proposes another explanation. The political culture of the United States, he argues, has been marked from the very beginning by a Christian theology that views the American nation as deeply implicated in the historical fate of biblical Israel. God's Country is the first book to tell the complete story of Christian Zionism in American political and religious thought from the Puritans to 9/11. It identifies three sources of American Christian support for a Jewish state: covenant, or the idea of an ongoing relationship between God and the Jewish people; prophecy, or biblical predictions of return to The Promised Land; and cultural affinity, based on shared values and similar institutions. Combining original research with insights from the work of historians of American religion, Goldman crafts a provocative narrative that chronicles Americans' attachment to the State of Israel"--Jacket flaps
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Goldman, Samuel
Dewey number
261.20973
Index
index present
LC call number
DS150.5
LC item number
.G64 2018
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Christian Zionism
  • Christianity and other religions
  • Judaism
  • Religion and politics
  • Christian Zionism
  • Christianity
  • Interfaith relations
  • Judaism
  • Religion and politics
  • United States
  • Christentum
  • Zionismus
  • USA
  • United States
  • 15.85 history of America
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God's country : Christian Zionism in America, Samuel Goldman
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index
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Contents
All Israel Shall Be Saved : The Calling of the Jews and the Errand into the Wilderness -- On Eagles' Wings : Jewish Restoration and the American Republic -- Gather Yourselves Together : From Restorationism to Zionism -- I Will Not Utterly Destroy the House of Jacob : Liberal Protestantism and the Partition of Palestine -- The God of the Armies of Israel: Zionism and Judeo-Christian Civilization -- I Will Bless Those Who Bless You : Zionism and the Christian Right
Control code
1000116737
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
vi, 242 pages
Isbn
9780812250039
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2017037678
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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  • 40028021577
  • 40028019656
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(OCoLC)1000116737
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God's country : Christian Zionism in America, Samuel Goldman
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-233) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
All Israel Shall Be Saved : The Calling of the Jews and the Errand into the Wilderness -- On Eagles' Wings : Jewish Restoration and the American Republic -- Gather Yourselves Together : From Restorationism to Zionism -- I Will Not Utterly Destroy the House of Jacob : Liberal Protestantism and the Partition of Palestine -- The God of the Armies of Israel: Zionism and Judeo-Christian Civilization -- I Will Bless Those Who Bless You : Zionism and the Christian Right
Control code
1000116737
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
vi, 242 pages
Isbn
9780812250039
Lccn
2017037678
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 40028021577
  • 40028019656
System control number
(OCoLC)1000116737

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