04126nam 2200733 a 450 991046170890332120200520144314.00-8147-0809-90-8147-0837-410.18574/9780814708378(CKB)2670000000155467(EBL)865335(OCoLC)779828048(SSID)ssj0000655920(PQKBManifestationID)11383967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655920(PQKBWorkID)10631247(PQKB)10565074(StDuBDS)EDZ0001325909(MiAaPQ)EBC865335(OCoLC)787848545(MdBmJHUP)muse19857(DE-B1597)547813(DE-B1597)9780814708378(Au-PeEL)EBL865335(CaPaEBR)ebr10541096(EXLCZ)99267000000015546720111011d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe fervent embrace[electronic resource] liberal Protestants, Evangelicals, and Israel /Caitlin CarenenNew York New York University Pressc20121 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-4104-5 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.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.Christian ZionismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryProtestantsUnited StatesAttitudesEvangelistsUnited StatesAttitudesProtestant churchesPolitical activityUnited StatesProtestant churchesRelationsJudaismPublic opinionUnited StatesIsraelPublic opinionUnited StatesElectronic books.Christian ZionismHistoryProtestantsAttitudes.EvangelistsAttitudes.Protestant churchesPolitical activityProtestant churchesRelationsJudaism.Public opinion320.54095694088/270973Carenen Caitlin1055690MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461708903321The fervent embrace2489281UNINA