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Author Carenen, Caitlin.

Title The fervent embrace : liberal Protestants, evangelicals, and Israel / Caitlin Carenen
Published New York : NYU Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages)
Contents 1. American Protestants and Jewish persecution, 1933-1937 -- 2. American Protestants respond to Zionism and the Jewish genocide in Europe, 1938-1948 -- 3. The challenges of statehood, 1948-1953 -- 4. Political and theological dissent, 1953-1967 -- 5. The tide turns 1967-1973 -- 6. A new U.S.-Israeli alliance, 1973-1979 -- 7. The political and religious landscape shifts, 1980-2008
Summary "When Israel declared its independence in 1948, Harry Truman issued a memo recognizing the Israeli government within eleven minutes. Today, the U.S. and Israel continue on as partners in an at times controversial alliance - an alliance, many argue, that is powerfully influenced by the Christian Right. In The Fervent Embrace, Caitlin Carenen chronicles the American Christian relationship with Israel, tracing first mainline Protestant and then evangelical support for Zionism. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, American liberal Protestants argued that America had a moral humanitarian duty to support Israel. Christian anti-Semitism had helped bring about the Holocaust, they declared, and so Christians must help make amends. Moreover, a stable and democratic Israel would no doubt make the Middle East a safer place for future American interests. Carenen argues that it was this mainline Protestant position that laid the foundation for the current evangelical Protestant support for Israel, which is based primarily on theological grounds. Drawing on previously unexplored archival material from the Central Zionist Archives in Israel, this volume tells the full story of the American Christian-Israel relationship, bringing the various "players"--American liberal Protestants, American Evangelicals, American Jews, and Israelis - together into one historical narrative."--Project Muse
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Christian Zionism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Protestants -- United States -- Attitudes
Evangelists -- United States -- Attitudes
Protestant churches -- Political activity -- United States
Protestant churches -- Relations -- Judaism.
Public opinion -- United States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism.
RELIGION -- General.
Christian Zionism
Interfaith relations
Judaism
Protestant churches
Protestant churches -- Political activity
Protestants -- Attitudes
Public opinion
Evangelikale Bewegung
Protestantismus
Judenverfolgung
Judenvernichtung
Zionismus
Protestantismus.
Evangelikale Bewegung.
Judenbild.
Politische Unterstützung.
Religiöser Zionismus.
SUBJECT Israel -- Public opinion
Subject Israel
United States
Israel
USA
USA.
Israel.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780814708378
0814708374
9780814708095
0814708099
Other Titles Liberal Protestants, evangelicals, and Israel