A short history of Christian Zionism: from the reformation to the Twenty-First Century
From the early church to the Reformation -- Geneva and the Jews : tectonic shifts in the landscape of Jewish-Christian relations -- English Puritanism and the Jews -- The German Pietists and the Jews : Philo-Semitism and the new evangelistic imperative -- Restorationism in America : from the early A...
| Summary: | From the early church to the Reformation -- Geneva and the Jews : tectonic shifts in the landscape of Jewish-Christian relations -- English Puritanism and the Jews -- The German Pietists and the Jews : Philo-Semitism and the new evangelistic imperative -- Restorationism in America : from the early American Puritans to the American Revolution -- The Jews and nineteenth-century British evangelicalism : Restorationism morphs into Christian Zionism -- Preparing the ground for the Balfour Declaration -- Restorationism and Christian Zionism in America from the revolution to 1914 -- The Balfour Declaration of 1917 -- American Christian Zionism from 1914 to 1948 : World War I and the vindication of premillennialism -- Christian Zionism and developments in Palestine : from the Balfour Declaration to Israeli independence -- American Christian Zionism since 1948 -- American Christian Zionist activities and organizations -- Christian Zionism in renewalist and global movements -- Christian Zionism today : a "new" Christian Zionism. "Christian Zionism influences global politics, especially U.S. foreign policy, and has deeply affected Jewish-Christian and Muslim-Christian relations. With a fair-minded, longitudinal study of this dynamic yet controversial movement, Donald M. Lewis traces its lineage from biblical sources through the Reformation to various movements of today"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 0830846980 |