An Unexpected Alliance: Christian Zionism and its Historical Significance

Ariel, Yaakov

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“…Christian Zionism 'ascribes vital theological, and often eschatological, importance to the Jewish presence in Israel' (Shapiro, 2012: 647). Shapiro's discussion of Christian Zionism associates the theology's roots with several Protestant thinkers in nineteenth-century Great Britain who viewed the restoration of Jews to the land of Israel as an essential element of God's plan for the salvation of humanity (Aldrovandi, 2011;Ariel, 2006;Clark, 2007;Engberg, 2016;Hajja, 2006;Smith, 2013;Tuchman, 1956;Weber, 2004). Today, Christian Zionism is often considered to be a mainly American phenomenon: Zionists make up nearly 25% of all Evangelical Christians in the United States, amounting to approximately 6.4% of the overall US population (Aldrovandi, 2011: 115).…”

Section: Mots-clés Attachement Au Lieu Christianisme éVangélique Hayo...mentioning

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Concrete holiness and place attachment: Christian Zionist agricultural volunteers in Samaria

Elazar

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2022

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Christian Zionism is a Protestant theology rooted in nineteenth-century Britain, advocating the return of Jews to the land of Israel as the fulfilment of God’s will and plan for the salvation of humanity. This article deals with the unique theology of the Christian Zionist group Hayovel, an organization dedicated to bringing Christian volunteers for agricultural work in the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Based on fieldwork conducted among Hayovel volunteers, this article offers an analysis of Hayovel’s theology of rootedness and faith in the religious significance of the land. In contrast to mainstream Evangelical Christianity, Hayovel emphasizes the importance of sacred space and attempts to construct an experience of concrete holiness through agricultural work and touring the region’s Biblical sites. Hayovel’s activity is described here as the construction and cultivation of the Israel as a spatial and spiritual core and as a place of potential refuge and as a reaction to the increasing detachment from space in the global era.

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Concrete holiness and place attachment: Christian Zionist agricultural volunteers in Samaria

Elazar

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2022

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“…In 1948, with the creation of the State of Israel, American Evangelicals holding Christian Zionist understandings were enthusiastic and followed the establishment of the Jewish state with great interest, seeing it as an advancement of God’s plans (Ariel, 2006). The formation of physical Israel was a clear sign that the present era was terminating, and the events of the End Times were about to unfold.…”

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“…The formation of physical Israel was a clear sign that the present era was terminating, and the events of the End Times were about to unfold. Christian Zionists were firmly convinced of the faithfulness of Scripture and its prophecies, views that were only reinforced by dramatic Israel’s victory in the 1967 Arab-Israeli Six-Day War (Ariel, 2006).…”

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Christian Zionist religiouscapes in Brazil: Understanding Judaizing practices and Zionist inclinations in Brazilian Charismatic Evangelicalism

Carpenedo

2021

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The increasing appropriation by Charismatic Evangelicals of Jewish narratives, rituals, and even Zionist anxieties is now evident in many parts of the globe. Drawing on two cases, one based on a Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal church and another based on an ethnographic investigation of a ‘Judaizing Evangelical’ community in Brazil this study interrogates to what extent we can comprehend this emerging tendency within Brazilian Charismatic Evangelicalism as a result of the spread of Anglo-American Christian Zionism. The article contends that while there are significant overlaps between Anglo-American Christian Zionism and the Zionist and Judaizing tendencies within Brazilian Charismatic Evangelicalism, it is reductionist to comprehend the Brazilian case exclusively through Anglo-American frameworks. Given the particularities of the Brazilian Charismatic evangelical context, the article points to the unique ways in which Christian Zionist tendencies are being ‘glocalized’ in this country.

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“…49 In terms of theological views, Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church is opposed to Christian Zionism, which scholar Stephen Spector broadly defines as "Christians whose faith, often in concert with other convictions, emotions, and experiences, leads them to support the modern state of Israel as the Jewish homeland." 50 Anderson often slips into equating Christian Zionism with dispensationalist theology. Though the two are wedded in the popular imagination, and often in American geopolitics, they are not synonymous.…”

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“The Jews love numbers”: Steven L. Anderson, Christian Conspiracists, and the Spiritual Dimensions of Holocaust Denial

Brittingham

2020

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From his pulpit at Faithful Word Baptist Church (Independent Fundamental Baptist) in Tempe, AZ, fundamentalist preacher Steven L. Anderson launches screeds against Catholics, LGBTQ people, evolutionary scientists, politicians, and anyone else who doesn't share his political, social, or theological views. Anderson publishes clips of his sermons on YouTube, where he has amassed a notable following. Teaming up with Paul Wittenberger of Framing the World, a small-time film company, Anderson produced a film about the connections between Christianity, Judaism, and Israel, entitled Marching to Zion (2015), which was laced with antisemitic stereotypes. Anderson followed Marching to Zion with an almost 40-minute YouTube video espousing Holocaust denial, entitled “Did the Holocaust Really Happen?” In this article, I analyze Anderson's Holocaust denial video in light of his theology, prior films, and connections to other Christian conspiracists, most notably Texe Marrs, I particularly show how Anderson frames the “Holocaust myth,” as he calls it, in light of a deeper spiritual warfare that negatively impacts the spread of Christianity.

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An Unexpected Alliance: Christian Zionism and its Historical Significance

Cited by 38 publications

References 13 publications

Concrete holiness and place attachment: Christian Zionist agricultural volunteers in Samaria

Concrete holiness and place attachment: Christian Zionist agricultural volunteers in Samaria

Christian Zionist religiouscapes in Brazil: Understanding Judaizing practices and Zionist inclinations in Brazilian Charismatic Evangelicalism

“The Jews love numbers”: Steven L. Anderson, Christian Conspiracists, and the Spiritual Dimensions of Holocaust Denial

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