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More desired than our owne salvation : the roots of Christian Zionism / Robert O. Smith ; with a foreword by Martin E. Marty.
LIBRA DS150.5 .S65 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Robert O. (Robert Owen), 1974-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian Zionism.
- Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.
- Apocalyptic literature.
- England--Church history--17th century.
- England.
- Church history.
- Eschatology--History of doctrines.
- Eschatology.
- Arab-Israeli conflict--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 284 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- Smith could have been satirical and even cynical when dealing with some of these movements. He had a higher purpose than merely entertaining or appealing to readers who might find it easy to be condescending towards Puritans, dispensationalists, and Christian Zionists. Instead, he mirrors Spinoza who, when that philosopher set out to deal with human complexities, wrote that he came not to laugh or to cry or to denounce, but to understand. Smith's is an elegant essay in understanding, well grounded in historical sources and showing alertness to contemporary matters of great moment. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Blessing the Jew: The Traits of Contemporary American Christian Zionism 7
- 2 Supporting the Jew: Culture, Doctrine, and American Popular Opinion on the State of Israel 27
- 3 Mythologizing the Jew: The Reformation Foundations of Judeo-centric Prophecy Interpretation (1530-1603) 47
- 4 Militarizing the Jew: Judeo-centric Prophecy Interpretation, Thomas Draxe to Joseph Mede (1608-1627) 69
- 5 Admitting the Jew: Parliamentary Authority, Christian Zionism, and British Imperial Identity 95
- 6 Typologizing the Jew: The Judeo-centric Foundations of America's Covenantal Vocation 117
- 7 Systematizing the Jew: John Nelson Darby and the Putative Paternity of Christian Zionism 141
- 8 Politicizing the Jew: William E. Blackstone and the Mobilization of Cultural Fundamentalism 163.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199993246
- 0199993246
- OCLC:
- 824670670
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