Comprehending Christian Zionism: Perspectives in Comparison - Softcover

Goran Gunner; Robert O. Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451472269 ISBN 13: 9781451472264

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2014

Synopsis

The question of the Christian Zionism the religious and political support of the state of Israel is fiercely debated within theology and the church, as well as in the wider political and social arenas. Examination of the issue is, however, highly relevant and crucial, as it cuts across a wide array of constitutive features and beliefs of Christian life, from interpretation of scripture to religious and political ethics.

Comprehending Christian Zionism brings together an international consortium of scholars and researchers to reflect on the network of issues and topics surrounding this critical subject; these essays are the fruit of several years of collaboration by the special working group on Christian Zionism. The volume includes essays from Christian scholars around the globe, as well as Jewish and Palestinian contributors to provide interfaith contextual dialogue. Taken together, the volume provides a lens on the history of Zionism within Christian theology from a variety of locations and perspectives and offers a constructive, multidimensional path for assessment and introspection around the meaning of Zionism to Christian faith and practice.

About this title

About the Author:

Goran Gunner is researcher at the Church of Sweden Research Unit, associate professor at Uppsala University in studies of mission, and senior lecturer in human rights at Stockholm School of Theology. He is also Co-Chair for the Christian Zionism in Comparative Perspective Seminar at the American Academy of Religion, and member of the Working Group on Human Rights at the Conference of European Churches. He is author of Genocide of Armenians through Swedish Eyes (2013) and co-author of An Unlikely Dilemma: Constructing a Partnership between Human Rights and Peace-Building(2011).

Robert O. Smith is an ELCA pastor currently serving as area program director for the Middle East and North Africa in the global mission unit of the Churchwide Organization. He is based in Jerusalem. He serves on the staff team for the Peace Not Walls campaign and is a designated representative for the ELCA in the National Jewish-Christian Roundtable Dialogue. He also serves as co-moderator of the Palestine-Israel Ecumenical Forum of the World Council of Churches and is based in Jerusalem. He is co-author of Christians and a Land Called Holy (Fortress, 2006) and author of More Desired than Our Owne Salvation: The Roots of Christian Zionism(2013).

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1451472269
• ISBN 13: 9781451472264
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Goran Gunner, Robert O. Smith