Evangelicals and Israel: The Story of American Christian Zionism

by Stephen Spector

Book Overview

Most observers explain evangelical Christians' bedrock support for Israel as stemming from the apocalyptic belief that the Jews must return to the Holy Land as a precondition for the second coming of Christ. But the real reasons, argues Stephen Spector, are far more complicated. In Evangelicals and Israel, Spector delves deeply into the Christian Zionist movement, mining information from original interviews, web sites, publications, news reports,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195368029
• ISBN13: 9780195368024
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"