American Israels: Christian Zionism in Comparative-Historical Perspective


Lecture
Friday, Jun 10, 2022, 3:30 PM

Philip S. Gorski

American Israels: Christian Zionism in Comparative-Historical Perspective

American identity has always been deeply entangled with various visions of the Biblical Israel. Today, it is also entangled with support for the State of Israel. For many, conservative, white Protestants, this entanglement takes the form of “Christian Zionism” rooted expectations about Israel’s role in the Biblical “End Times” and mundane expectations about this-worldly “blessings” and prosperity. The Christian Zionist movement is now garnering support from Black and Latino evangelicals and Pentecostals and is spreading to other regions of the world.

Philip S. Gorski is the Frederick and Laura Goff professor of sociology at Yale University. He writes on religion and politics in Europe and America. Recent books include Am Scheideweg (2020) and The Flag and the Cross (2022).

The event will be held in English