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God's Country: Christian Zionism in America

Samuel Goldman · 2018

A scholarly examination of Christian Zionism in the United States, tracing its theological roots and political influence from early American religious thought through contemporary evangelical support for Israel. Goldman analyzes how Christian beliefs about biblical prophecy, Jewish restoration, and divine promises have shaped American foreign policy toward the Middle East.

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What this book knows

American support for Israel's restoration is not recent politics but a theological constant woven into U.S. identity since the Puritans.

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Like Israel of old, the Puritans believed they were on an errand into the wilderness to build a holy commonwealth covenanted with God.
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American exceptionalism premised on God's continuing relationship with the original chosen people, with U.S. prosperity a step toward Israel's national restoration.
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Israel would 'recover the Possession of their Promised Land, and have a Glorious Kingdom of GOD erected among them, and through them Extended unto the Gentiles.'
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Christian Zionists presented the State of Israel as vindication of covenantal theology: 'Even the irreligious cannot forget the ancient promise unto Abraham.'
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Dispensationalists counseled complete withdrawal: 'We do not mix in politics; we are not of this world; we do not vote.'
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Catholic theologians grounded the church's legitimacy on its status as successor to Israel; hopes for Jewish restoration were condemned as heretical and their advocates executed.
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