Toward a Lutheran Response to Christian Zionism

The following article discusses the Christian Zionist movement, and emphasizes the danger it poses to facilitating peace in the Middle East. The author argues that it is a political movement built on a particular theological system, that of premillenial dispensationalism. This particular system also...

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Autor principal: Smith, Robert O. 1974- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2009
En: Dialog
Año: 2009, Volumen: 48, Número: 3, Páginas: 279-291
Otras palabras clave:B Premillennial Dispensationalism
B ELCA
B Fundamentalism
B Schmucker
B Palestinian Christians
B Israel
B Blackstone
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Sumario:The following article discusses the Christian Zionist movement, and emphasizes the danger it poses to facilitating peace in the Middle East. The author argues that it is a political movement built on a particular theological system, that of premillenial dispensationalism. This particular system also is discussed in detail, including its origins and its contemporary manifestations. The article concludes with some suggestions for how a Lutheran theological perspective might constructively engage Christian Zionism in the service of promoting a vision of hope for the future.
ISSN:1540-6385
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2009.00471.x