The fervent embrace: liberal Protestants, evangelicals, and Israel

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Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations 1 American Protestants and Jewish Persecution, 1933-1937 2 American Protestants Respond to Zionism and the Jewish Genocide in Europe, 1938-1948 Case Study 1. The Myth of Christian Intervention, Christian Guilt, and the Martin Niemoller Controversy 3 The Challenges of Statehood, 1948-1953 4 Political and Theological Dissent, 1953-1967 Case Study 2. Of course, down in Virginia, you do have to worry about Southern Baptists: Samuel Newman, American Protestants, and Post-World War II Jewish-Christian Dialogue 5 The Tide Turns, 1967-1973 Case Study 3. The Individual and the U.S.-Israeli Alliance: Ursula Niebuhr, the Jerusalem Committee, and Christians Concerned for Israel viii | Contents 6 A New U.S.-Israeli Alliance, 1973-1979 7 The Political and Religious Landscape Shifts, 1980-2008 Notes Selected Bibliography Index About the Author