Contesting Zion : The Vatican, American Catholics, and the Partition of Palestine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ciani, Adrian.

Series:

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series ; v.103

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Protestantism--History.

Protestantism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Consulting a range of sources, including formerly classified papers in the Vatican archive, Contesting Zion examines relationships among the Vatican, Zionism, and American Catholics from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 through the creation of Israel in 1948 and the years that followed.

Contents:

Cover

CONTESTING ZION

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Map follows

Introduction

1 Terra Santa: The Church and the Land

2 Toeing the Roman Line: American Catholics and the Palestine Question

3 Into the Abyss: The Church and the Holocaust

4 "Impatient Zionism" and the Transnational Catholic Crusade for the Holy Land

5 The Holy City Between Rome, Washington, and Tel Aviv

6 Chimeras of Triumph

Conclusion

Notes

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-2280-2518-4

OCLC:

1528357519