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Allies for Armageddon: The Rise of Christian Zionism Hardcover – November 28, 2007

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Millions of Christian Zionists in America believe that God requires them to offer Israel unconditional support—moral, financial, political, and military

Guided by a literal reading of the prophetic sections of the Bible, Christian Zionists are convinced that the world is hurtling toward a final Battle of Armageddon. They believe that war in the Middle East is God’s will for the region. In this timely book, Victoria Clark first explores the 400-year history of this powerful political ideology, laying to rest the idea that Christian Zionism is a passing craze or the province of a lunatic fringe. Then Clark surveys the contemporary Christian Zionist scene in Israel and in the United States, where the influence of the religious fundamentalists has never been greater.

Clark engages with Christian Zionism directly, interviewing leaders, attending events, and traveling with Christian Zionists in the Holy Land. She also investigates the Christian Zionist presence in Israel. She finds that the view through the Christian Zionist lens is dangerously simple: President Bush’s War on Terror is a mythic battle between good and evil, and Syria and Iran represent the powers of darkness. Such views are far from rare—an estimated fifteen to twenty million Americans share them. Almost one in three Americans believes Israel was given to the Jews by God as a prelude to the Battle of Armageddon and Jesus’ Second Coming. Clark concludes with an assessment of Christian Zionists’ impact on American foreign policy in the Middle East and on America’s relationships with European allies since the attacks of 9/11.

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344 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Yale University Press
Publication date

November 28, 2007
Dimensions

6.44 x 1.29 x 9.42 inches
ISBN-10

0300116985
ISBN-13

978-0300116984
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"An insightful and readable book on Christian Zionism. . . . [Clark] adds freshness to the story through her travels and interviews with the principals. . . . Recommended."―Choice ― Choice Published On: 2008-09-01

About the Author

Victoria Clark, a freelance journalist and writer, contributes to the Daily Telegraph, the Independent, Prospect magazine, and The Tablet. She formerly was correspondent and Moscow bureau chief for the Observer (London). The most recent of her three books on religious history is Holy Fire: The Battle for Christ’s Tomb. She lives in London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; First Edition (November 28, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 344 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0300116985
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0300116984
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.57 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.44 x 1.29 x 9.42 inches

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Country Man

Victoria has done a very good job researching and writing about Christian Zionism

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2016

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Victoria has done a very good job researching and writing about Christian Zionism. The late Anglican scholar and Christian statesman John R. W. Stott, before his passing wrote that after years he had come to the conclusion that Zionism and New Testament Christianity are incompatible. I totally agree. Good job Victoria for exposing the shawdy beginnings and history of this foolish and counterproductive theology. No Christian should adhere to it.

I wish we could talk so I could let you know that there is such a thing as valid biblical end times prophecy, but you won't find it very much among the Futurists. I don't think (maybe I missed it) that you developed how Futurism was created in the late 1500s by a Jesuit to short-curcuit the Protestant Reformation, by turning Protestants away from more correct views of biblical eschatology. Books and internet sites explore and explain this. Check out Robert Caringola's book SEVENTY WEEKS for a starter. The Freemason Darby then carried that heresy forward, and then Jewish Zionists in America funded Cyrus Scofield and his bible to seduce American Christians into supporting their cause. It worked amazingly well. Hal Lindsey by the way must have Jesuit leanings as he sent both of his daughters to Jesuit colleges, though he claims to be an Evangelical. Maybe he's a Jesuit in disguise. I do believe this house of cards is collapsing and will completely collapse in the next few years as I expect Zionist Israel to be destroyed. The Bible does have prophecies along those lines, which of course are ignored by the Zionist Futurists. Should be interesting.

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David W. Witter

Armageddon Outta Here!

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2010

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If you seek an explanation for why the world is in the mess it's in -- especially referring to U.S. foreign policy and our endless wars -- seek no further! This book traces Christian Zionism way back to its centuries-old roots and shows how its history is profoundly entangled with that of the U.S. and England -- and continues to be so today. This is a profoundly important book for anyone not yet crushed under the heel of political correctness. Yes, you can be opposed to the policies that grow out of Christian Zionism without being anti-Semitic, despite propaganda to the contrary.

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Theodore Zachariades

Well-written Book on End Times Fascination and Israel's carte Blanche Defence

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2013

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This book written by a self-described British agnostic is a gem. I am a Christian and some years ago was an ardent defender of dispensational theology. The author is well versed in the history of Zionism both in terms of Christian Zionism which is so rampant in the USA today, and its earlier proto-type in England and other places. I enjoyed reading about the encounters that Clark had traversing various places to get insight into the movement among North American fundamentalist religious evengelicals. She is fair in her presentation for the most part. I was slightly perturbed by her constant reference to the SBC as the Southern Baptist Conference, instead of the well-known largest protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. Also, Clark misapplied a catch all label to amillennial eschatology as being allegorical/idealist, which is not necessarily the case. But these are minor inaccuracies in a well written book. Anyone that has dealings with Zionists may want to read this book to get into the psyche of these unconditional carte blanche defenders of Israel!

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Bookish

Allies for Armageddon is a must read

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2011

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Excellent book. Informative and reads well. Victoria Clark writes flowingly as a journalist and her investigative reporting is eye-opening.
Her well-researched thesis gave me powerful new insights into the role Christian Zionism, particularly the mainstream, non-fundamentalist variety, has played in the shaping of modern, Israeli and American Jewish Zionism.

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jptbooks

Book promptly received

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2014

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Interesting book on Zionism from a secular author. No book is without bias and this with "bible" not capitalized is at least consistant. Lots of historical facts well written. Jim Thomposn

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A. Gray

Thanks for this book - from a Christian

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2008

I am a Christian who believes that Christian Zionism is completely unbiblical. Understand that there is a large group of Christians who do not agree with the Christian Zionist movement. Thanks much....

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PSH

Some history we all should know.l

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2008

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This is really an amazing book--full of history and current relevancy of the origins of the fundamentalist Christian interpretations of the Bible, and their effects on political events from the 18th to the 21st centuries. The drive to "bless Israel" in order to receive the blessings of God, then to create the conditions for the the final battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming has brought about a number of contradictory and dangerous policies which may be monetarily helpful to the "State" of Israel, but longer term lay the foundation for its destruction. Clark hopefully is exaggerating to a degree how pervasive this eagerness for the Second Coming is among fundamentalist Christian sects (Christian Zionists) since she puts huge numbers to the believers in this course of events--not the least of these George W. Bush. This may be just another way to bash Bush and this partiality somewhat undercuts her credibility. The historical first half of the book, though, is well worth reading and understanding.

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