The Politics of Christian Zionism 1891-1948

Merkley, Paul

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“…He also connected these contributions to biblical visions, citing the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel and Isaiah, presenting Protestants as the biblical 'gentiles' in 'God's plan' to bring the 'chosen people' back to their land. He ended his historiography of the state of Israel on an optimistic note, when he called attention to a new trend in Israeli academia, in which he claimed that 'they' (Israeli-Jewish scholars) had begun to come to the inevitable conclusion that the traditional story of Zionism failed to fully explain the existence of Israel, due to the lack of references to the role of the (mostly Protestant) gentiles in the creation of modern Israel (Merkley 1998). …”

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In praise of religious reflexivity: reflections from fieldwork

Belhassen

2012

Critical Arts

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This article aims to enrich the methodological discourse on the practice of reflexivity, by presenting the concepts of religious reflexivity and theological reductionism as analytical devices with which to explore the relationship of researchers with their human research subjects. It illustrates reflexive engagement with interpersonal religious aspects from the fieldwork on an evangelical pilgrimage to Israel. Based on examples from the fieldwork, the article explores the epistemological importance and limitations of deciphering and presenting the researchers' role in their subjects' theological worldview.

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In praise of religious reflexivity: reflections from fieldwork

Belhassen

2012

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“…Cette passion s'enracine dans une théologie dite du Christianisme sioniste. Cette dernière émerge comme une force politique vers la fin du 19 e siècle, considérant la construction d'un foyer national pour le peuple juif comme l'accomplissement de la prophétie biblique (Merkley 1998). Cette mouvance religieuse et politique gagne du terrain aux États-Unis par le biais du courant pentecôtiste (Stockton 1995, Fath 2005 et se propage dans le monde entier (Lacoste 2005).…”

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Les pèlerinages de l’Afrique francophone subsaharienne en Terre Sainte : la formation discursive d’une communauté de croyants

Sela¹

2021

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Cet article porte sur un phénomène culturel peu connu des chercheurs qui s’intéressent au tourisme religieux en Terre Sainte : les pèlerinages effectués à partir de l’Afrique francophone subsaharienne. Cette étude du voyage de pélerinage met en évidence sa dimension groupale, facteur crucial de l’expérience religieuse individuelle. À l’aide des outils de l’analyse du discours, de l’argumentation dans le discours et de la sémiotique de l’image, cette enquête dévoile différentes formes d’identité collective qui se construisent dans le discours du tourisme tel qu’il se développe dans l’univers francophone africain. Une forme particulière d’identité « nationale » est forgée dans le discours que Jürgen Bühler, le président de l’Ambassade Chrétienne internationale de Jérusalem, adresse aux téléspectateurs africains de la chaîne de télévision évangéliste (LMTV) depuis ses studios en Côte d’Ivoire ; une identité groupale fondée sur les valeurs sociales de l’amitié émerge dans les affiches publicitaires que l’agence de voyage Gota distribue dans les communautés chrétiennes béninoises ; enfin, la formation d’un groupe d’élite se constitue à partir de la valeur symbolique des objets matériels – attestations et décorations – que les pèlerins accumulent durant et après le voyage. Cette analyse des discours et représentations du pèlerinage en Terre Sainte met en évidence sa dimension sociale : il apparaît qu’il va bien au-delà de l’expérience spirituelle du croyant isolé à la recherche de Dieu.

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“…In pressing the Perish‐Judea story on Bartley Crum, Pier and his colleagues were aided by a wider circle of skilled lobbyists and writers in the United States, including Gerold Frank, who co‐wrote Crum's book, and Emmanuel Neumann, who was influential in the Zionist public relations program in the United States (Merkley , 172; Bosworth , 157–206; Neumann , 216–18; Weizmann to Crum, June 8, , in Weizmann , 342–43).…”

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Holocaust Abuse

Sells¹

2015

Journal of Religious Ethics

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This essay reconsiders the category of "Holocaust denial" as the marked indicator of ethical transgression in Holocaust historiography within American civil religion. It maintains that the present category excludes and thereby enables other violations of responsible Holocaust historiography. To demonstrate the nature and gravity of such violations, the essay engages the widespread claim that Hajj Muhammad Amin al-Husayni, the former mufti of Jerusalem, was an instigator, promoter, or "driving spirit" of the Nazi genocide against Jews, and the associated suggestions of wider Arab and Muslim complicity. The essay uncovers the history of the Husayni narrative in question, the dramatic circumstances in which it emerged, its role in the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann, and its rediscovery and misuse within American popular and political circles over the past two decades. Such misuse, it concludes, corrodes Holocaust recognition within American civil religion and demonstrates the need for a revision of the socially accepted ethical boundary for responsible Holocaust historiography.

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The Politics of Christian Zionism 1891-1948

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In praise of religious reflexivity: reflections from fieldwork

In praise of religious reflexivity: reflections from fieldwork

Les pèlerinages de l’Afrique francophone subsaharienne en Terre Sainte : la formation discursive d’une communauté de croyants

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