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Rapture and Realignment: The New Christian Right and American Conservative Views of Israel

Van Dyke, Ian E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461590612

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2016, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, History (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis examines the ways evangelical Protestant views of Israel shaped perceptions of the Middle East among the wider American conservative movement during the second half of the twentieth century, as well as the centuries-old ideas underlying their idiosyncratic worldview. Motivated by God’s promise to Abraham to “bless those” who showed favor to his progeny and fascinated by Israel’s role in End Times prophecy, politically conservative evangelical Christians worked tirelessly to promote the cause of the Jewish State to their American audience. As they gained influence within the American conservative movement, the rhetoric of New Christian Right activists like Jerry Falwell, Tim LaHaye, and Pat Robertson helped redefine Israel in the conservative imagination. In crafting an apocalyptic worldview that translated Israel’s spiritual significance into secular politics, the New Christian Right transformed American conservatism in ways still visible today.
Kevin Mattson (Committee Chair)
Chester Pach (Committee Member)
Paul Milazzo (Committee Member)
123 p.
American History; History; Middle Eastern History; Religious History
New Christian Right; Israel; conservatism; Jerry Falwell; evangelicalism; Christian Zionism

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  • Van Dyke, I. E. (2016). Rapture and Realignment: The New Christian Right and American Conservative Views of Israel [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461590612

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Van Dyke, Ian. Rapture and Realignment: The New Christian Right and American Conservative Views of Israel. 2016. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461590612.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Van Dyke, Ian. "Rapture and Realignment: The New Christian Right and American Conservative Views of Israel." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461590612

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