| ID | 116592 |
| Title Proper | Thank you Israel, for supporting America |
| Other Title Information | the transnational flow of Christian Zionist resources |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Shapiro, Faydra L |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article seeks to understand what it means when, in 2006, a noted British pastor and Bible teacher stood up in front of 8000 evangelical Zionists from all over the world at the convention centre in Jerusalem and addressed the audience with the following counter-intuitive words: 'Thank you Israel, for supporting America!' Evangelical Christianity has complex relations and ambivalent relations to the nation state and globalisation. Supernaturally speaking, Israel is the only nation state in the world that matters. Contemporary Israel becomes a kind of litmus test, both for manifesting the truth of the word of God and for manifesting the individual's or the nation's commitment to realising God's will in this world. For Christian Zionism, this transnational flow of resources into and out of Israel ultimately redeem locality, offering 'the nations' a place in the story, and the opportunity to serve as vehicles for God's will. |
| `In' analytical Note | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 19, No.5; Sep 2012: p. 616-631 |
| Journal Source | Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 19, No.5; Sep 2012: p. 616-631 |
| Key Words | Transnationalism ; Israel ; Zionism ; Christian Zionism ; Evangelicalism |