Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Christian Zionism in Comparative Perspective 1
An Introduction Göran Gunner
2 Saying "Peace" When There Is No Peace 15
An American Christian Zionist Congregation on Peace, Militarism, and Settlements Elizabeth Phillips
3 "A Fool for Christ" 33
Sense-Making and Negotiation of Identity in the Life Story of a Christian Soldier Aron Engberg
4 Broadcasting Jesus' Return 61
Televangelism and the Appropriation of Israel through Israeli-Granted Broadcasting Rights Matt Westbrook
5 Walking in the Mantle of Esther 85
"Political" Action as "Religious" Practice Sean Durbin
6 Christian Zionism at Jerusalén Church in Copán 125
Ruinas, Honduras, an "Out-of-the-Way" Place William Girard
7 Christian Zionist Pilgrimage in the Twenty-first Century 137
The "Holy" in the "Holy Land" Curtis Hutt
8 Living in the Hour of Restoration 161
Christian Zionism, Immigration, and Aliyah Faydra L. Shapiro 161
9 Christian Zionism and Mainline Western 179
Christian Churches Rosemary Radford Ruether
10 Palestinian Christian Reflections on Christian 191
Zionism Mitri Raheb
11 From the Institutum Judaicum to the International Christian Embassy 199
Christian Zionism with a European Accent Yaakov Ariel 199
12 Mischief Making in Palestine American Protestant Christian Attitudes toward the Holy Land, 1917-1949 Mae Elise Cannon
13 Israelis, Israelites, and God's Hand in History 257
Finnish Christian Attitudes toward the Creation of the State of Israel Timo R. Stewart
14 The Rise of Hitler, Zion, and the Tribulation 275
Between Christian Zionism and Orthodox Judaism Gershon Greenbere 275
15 Inverting the Eagle to Embrace the Star of David 301
The Nationalist Roots of German Christian Zionism George Faithful 301
16 The Quest to Comprehend Christian Zionism Robert O. Smith 325
Index 337
