Research Catalog

Title

Christian Zionism in Africa / edited by Cynthia Holder Rich.

Publication

• Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Holder Rich, Cynthia
• Brueggemann, Walter

Description

xiv, 274 pages : maps; 24 cm

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"--

Subject

Christian Zionism > Africa

Note

• Foreword by Walter Brueggemann.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Onward Christian soldiers : an historical overview of Christian Zionism / John M. Hubers -- Historicizing Zionism from gospel songs in east Africa, late 1980s to the present / Samwel Shanga Mhajida -- Assessing the legal realities of Zionism in Africa / Benjamin J. Parsalaw and Sara Ryan -- Apartheid and Christian Zionism / Jonathan Kuttab -- "Brand Jesus": pro-Israel messaging through pentecostal and charismatic churches in Ghana / Suraya Dadoo -- Christian Zionism: an African theological critique / Nehemia G. Moshi -- Describing Christian Zionism as heresy / Mark Rich -- Paul's inclusive Christianity as a means against Xenophobic, anti-Semitic, and anti-immigrant ideologies in the twenty-first century 131 / Faustin Leonard Mahali -- Race, power, and theology : a Christian appraisal of Christian Zionism in Africa / Cynthia Holder Rich -- Christian Zionism in Tanzania : a case study from the evangelical Lutheran church / Modestus Lukonge -- The new Christian Zionism in Africa : a critical analysis from a missiological perspective / Jorg Zehelein -- Empire and African Initiated Churches : the cost of Israel's lies / Marthie Momberg -- Zionism, the Palestinian call, and the meaning of the land : a challenge to the church / Mark Braverman.

Call Number

Sc E 21-971

ISBN

• 9781978711730
• 1978711735

OCLC

1225908713

Title

Christian Zionism in Africa / edited by Cynthia Holder Rich.

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Holder Rich, Cynthia, editor.

Brueggemann, Walter, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc E 21-971