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Christian Zionism in Africa
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2021
Summary
Christian Zionism—a movement based on the belief that support of Israel, and Israeli ownership of and residence in Jerusalem, is a prerequisite for Christ’s return—has been a significant substratum within theologies and ecclesiologies of many churches in the US and Europe for centuries. Since the 1970s, US-based Christian Zionism organizations, encouraged by and collaborating with the Israeli government, have used a significant amount of resources to spread the movement into other regions of the world, including Africa. In many African countries, Christian Zionism combines perniciously with Prosperity Gospel preaching, interpreting Genesis 12:3 as a divine map to gain blessings—material and otherwise—through complete and uncritical support for the modern-day State of Israel. Many African governments have come to understand that this support is lucrative--and coercive. African officials working with Israel learn that openly supporting Palestine will result in their partnerships with Israel being discontinued.
Contributors to this interdisciplinary volume analyze the meaning and ramifications of the emergence of Christian Zionist ideologies in Africa and its churches, in interfaith work, in politics, in law, and in the use and abuse of power between peoples of different races, histories, economic strength, and influence on the international stage.
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Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-1173-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-1174-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
274
Product type
Edited Book
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Foreword No access
Preface and Acknowledgments No access
Abbreviations No access
Chapter 1 Onward Christian Soldiers No access
Chapter 2 Historicizing Zionism from Gospel Songs in East Africa, Late 1980s to the Present No access
Chapter 3 Assessing the Legal Realities of Zionism in Africa No access
Chapter 4 Apartheid and Christian Zionism No access
Chapter 5 “Brand Jesus” No access
Chapter 6 Christian Zionism No access
Chapter 7 Describing Christian Zionism as Heresy No access
Chapter 8 Paul’s Inclusive Christianity as a Means against Xenophobic, Anti-Semitic, and Anti-Immigrant Ideologies in the Twenty-First Century No access
Chapter 9 Race, Power, and Theology No access
Chapter 10 Christian Zionism in Tanzania No access
Chapter 11 The New Christian Zionism in Africa No access
Chapter 12 Empire and African Initiated Churches No access
Chapter 13 Zionism, the Palestinian Call, and the Meaning of the Land No access
For Further Reading No access Pages 263 - 264
Index No access Pages 265 - 270
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 271 - 274
