TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carenen,Caitlin
TI  - The fervent embrace: liberal Protestants, evangelicals, and Israel 
SN  - 9780814708378
AV  - DS150.5 .C36 2012eb
U1  - 320.54095694088/270973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - NYU Press
KW  - Christian Zionism
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Protestants
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Evangelists
KW  - Protestant churches
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Relations
KW  - Judaism
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Sionisme
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Prédicateurs
KW  - Églises protestantes
KW  - Activité politique
KW  - Opinion publique
KW  - Judaïsme
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Ideologies
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Evangelikale Bewegung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Protestantismus
KW  - Judenverfolgung
KW  - Judenvernichtung
KW  - Zionismus
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Judenbild
KW  - Politische Unterstützung
KW  - Religiöser Zionismus
KW  - Israel
KW  - USA
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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
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