Navigating the Biblical Mandate: Discursive Change and Adaptation in the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem
Abstract Since its inception in 1980, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem ( ICEJ ) has developed into a central player in the formation of Christian Zionism globally. It is known through its high profile in Israeli society, its financial, moral and political support for the State of Israel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Exchange
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 297-315 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BH Judaism CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KBL Near East and North Africa KDG Free church |
| Further subjects: | B
International Christian Embassy Jerusalem
B flexible absolutism B Christian Zionism B Restorationism B Dispensationalism B Israel B Evangelicalism |
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| Summary: | Abstract Since its inception in 1980, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem ( ICEJ ) has developed into a central player in the formation of Christian Zionism globally. It is known through its high profile in Israeli society, its financial, moral and political support for the State of Israel and its controversial mix of theology and politics. This article focuses on ICEJ ’s ideological and theological negotiation in relation to Israeli society. It argues that even though ICEJ ’s self-understanding is based on what it claims to be “eternal, biblical mandates” and its political positions have been largely consistent over time, ICEJ ’s theology, rhetoric and social positions have changed quite significantly. The article interprets this duality as a case of “flexible absolutism”, a capacity to ideologically frame diverse positions as eternal absolutes. Recognizing this tension is important in order to successfully disentangle the organization’s rhetoric from its broader ideological aims. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341571 |