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Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century: American Evangelical Opinion on Israel
Author(s): Motti Inbari (Author), Kirill Bumin (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication Date: November 17, 2023
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 0197649300
- ISBN-13: 9780197649305
Book Description
Inbari and Bumin demonstrate that a generational divide is emerging within the evangelical community, one that substantially impacts evangelicals’ attitudes toward Israel. They also show that frequent church attendance and certain theological beliefs have a profound impact on the evangelicals’ preference of Israel over the Palestinians. Throughout, the authors aim to add nuance to the discussion, showing that contemporary evangelical and born-again Christians’ attitudes are much more diverse than many portrayals suggest.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Motti Inbari and Kirill Bumin bring us a timely, original, and path-breaking analysis of Evangelical attitudes towards the Israeli-Palestinian dispute in Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century: Evangelical Public Opinion on Israel. They provide a rich analysis of the significance of generational differences, theological distinctions, and the social context of believers. No longer can blanket statements be made about current and future beliefs of Evangelicals regarding Israel. This landmark study will serve as an essential and pioneering reference for future work on measuring attitudes to topics of public concern.” — Ilan Troen, Stoll Professor of Israel Studies, Brandeis University
“In this volume, Profs. Bumin and Inbari draw upon their years of studying the attitudes of Evangelical and Born-Again Christians toward the State of Israel. They discover both diversity and development in this complex religious tradition that undercuts facile generalizations about them. They find that religious, social, and political ideas are changing among these varied Christian communities. Of special note are emerging generational differences among these Christians. This book deserves careful study by everyone concerned about international politics and interreligious relations.” — Philip A. Cunningham, Professor of Theology and Director of the Institute for Jewish-Catholics Relations, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia
“It affects both the attitudes and the behaviors of significant populations and must be taken into consideration when dealing with the multiplicity of factors that go into understanding contemporary religious thought.” — Ira Robinson, Nova Religio
“The volume co-authored by Inbari and Bumin challenges the oversimplification of the assumption that all American evangelicals favour the State of Israel. Their research is empirical and quantitative, attempting to understand how different groups within the evangelical spectrum see the relationship between political views and theological positions, particularly in terms of American foreign policy. ..The main contribution of Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century: American Evangelical Public Opinion on Israel is its impressive statistical data analysis which deconstructs the common belief that all American Evangelicals side with the modern State of Israel, allowing a more complex and sophisticated examination of the issue.” — Anderson Yan, Modern Believing
About the Author
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