Christian Zionism and Peace in the Holy Land: Peace Office Newsletter, July-September 2005

2005, 12 pp
This issue of the Peace Office Newsletter offers a critical analysis of Christian Zionist theology and readings of Scripture.
  • Loren Johns, academic dean at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, presents an outline of Christian Zionist hermeneutics, and describes Christian Zionist readings of apocalyptic material within Scripture (such as Daniel and Revelation) while also offering more life-giving approaches to such texts.
  • Patricia Shelly, professor of Bible and religion at Bethel College (Kansas), and Dorothy Jean Weaver of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, outline Christian Zionist readings of Old Testament land promises and Paul’s tortured reflections in Romans 9–11, respectively, and then suggest alternative, more orthodox, interpretations of these texts.
  • Cedar Duaybis and Alex Awad, two Palestinian Christian leaders, describe the adverse impact of Christian Zionism on the Palestinian Christian community, appealing to the worldwide church to support a future of justice and peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike rather than to be captive to unorthodox theologies that provide theological rationales for dispossession and violence. Will Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches heed their call?

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