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The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftsbury and the Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), hardcover, xiii + 365 pp
Lewis promises to prove that, in contrast to the “Teaching of Contempt” that characterized the Roman Catholic Church at the time, Evangelical Protestants, and British Protestants in particular, promoted a “„Teaching of Esteem‟ toward the Jews,” which Lewis defines as identifying the Jews as God‟s chosen people and “countering any mistreatment of Jews” (p. 12)
Lewis states: “Philosemitism became an important marker of Evangelical identity and a way of further distinguishing Protestantism from its Roman Catholic and Tractarian counterfeits” (p. 102)
Summary
The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftsbury and the Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), hardcover, xiii + 365 pp. In his book The Origins of Christian Zionism: Lord Shaftesbury and the Evangelical Support for a Jewish Homeland, Donald M.
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