04440cam a2200685Ia 4500 ocn779828048 OCoLC 20200709055504.0 m d cr |n|---||||| 120312s2012 nyu ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ N$T YDXCP OCLCQ ORE OCLCQ OCLCO JSTOR DEBSZ S9I OCLCQ AZK CNNLC 842591639 961565793 962676300 9780814708378 (electronic bk.) 0814708374 (electronic bk.) 9780814708095 0814708099 9780814741047 441098 (N$T) (OCoLC)779828048 (OCoLC)842591639 (OCoLC)961565793 (OCoLC)962676300 22573/ctt8jtzmx JSTOR n-us--- a-is--- DS150.5 .C36 2012eb POL 031000 bisacsh REL000000 bisacsh 320.54095694088/270973 23 MAIN Carenen, Caitlin. The fervent embrace : liberal Protestants, evangelicals, and Israel / Caitlin Carenen. Liberal Protestants, evangelicals, and Israel New York : NYU Press, 2012. 1 online resource (xvii, 265 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file rda Bibliography "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. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. 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. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Christian Zionism United States History 20th century. Protestants United States Attitudes. Evangelists United States Attitudes. Protestant churches Political activity United States. Protestant churches Relations Judaism. Israel Public opinion. Public opinion United States. Political Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Ideologies Nationalism. bisacsh RELIGION General. bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Carenen, Caitlin. Fervent Embrace : Liberal Protestants, Evangelicals, and Israel. New York : NYU Press, ©2012 9780814741047 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=441098 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL865335 EBSCOhost EBSC 441098 YBP Library Services YANK 7481754 92 N$T 51029 51029