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050 00 $aDS150.5$b.L49 2010
082 00 $a320.54095694$222
100 1 $aLewis, Donald M.
245 14 $aThe origins of Christian Zionism :$bLord Shaftesbury and evangelical support for a Jewish homeland /$cDonald M. Lewis.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
300 $axiii, 365 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $a"In this study of Lord Shaftesbury - Victorian England's greatest humanitarian and most prominent Christian Zionist - Donald M. Lewis examines why British evangelicals became fascinated with the Jews and how they promoted a "teaching of esteem" that countered a "teaching of contempt." Evangelicals militated for the restoration of Jews to Palestine by lobbying the British cabinet on foreign policy decisions. Professing their love for the Jews, they effectively reshaped the image of the Jew in conversionist literature, gave sacrificially to convert them to Christianity, and worked with German Pietists to create a joint Anglican-Lutheran bishopric in Jerusalem, the center (in their minds) of world Jewry. Evangelical identity evolved during this process and had an impact on Jewish identity, transforming Jewish-Christian relations. It also changed the course of world history by creating a climate of opinion in the United Kingdom in favor of the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which pledged British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The movement also bequeathed a fascination with Christian Zionism to American evangelicals that still influences global politics"--Provided by publisher.
505 0 $aPart one. The rise of British evangelical interest in the Jews. The restoration of the Jews in Protestant thought ; Pietism, Clapham, and the Jews ; Evangelicalism, prophecy, and the Jews -- Part two. Shaftesbury and the Jews. Shaftesbury : the new recruit ; "Christian Europe" in the house of Islam : political, cultural, and religious factors leading to European interest in the Near East in the first half of the nineteenth century ; Shaftesbury's attitude to the Jews and to Palestine ; Protecting "God's ancient people" and preparing for their restoration -- Part three. Evangelicals and Pietists together : the mission to Jews and Palestine. British evangelical and German Pietist missions in Palestine in the 1820s ; A British consul in Jerusalem ; An Anglican church in Jerusalem for the "unwelcome intruders in the home of Islam" ; The Jerusalem bishopric ; Prussia's turn : the episcopate of Samual Gobat -- Part four. Shaftesbury's final years. Toward the Balfour declaration.
650 0 $aChristian Zionism$xHistory.
650 0 $aChristian Zionism$zGreat Britain$xHistory.
650 0 $aEvangelicalism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aProtestantism and Zionism.
650 0 $aJews$xRestoration.
600 10 $aShaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper,$cEarl of,$d1801-1885.
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805215/15184/cover/9780521515184.jpg