Toward a Lutheran Response to Christian Zionism1 |
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| Authors: | Robert O Smith |
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| Institution: | Rev. Robert O. Smith serves as Director for Europe and the Middle East within the Global Mission program unit of the ELCA. With Charles Lutz, he is author of Christians and a Land Called Holy: How We Can Foster Justice, Peace and Hope (Fortress, 2006). |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : The following article discusses the Christian Zionist movement, and emphasizes the danger it poses to facilitating peace in the Middle East. The author argues that it is a political movement built on a particular theological system, that of premillenial dispensationalism. This particular system also is discussed in detail, including its origins and its contemporary manifestations. The article concludes with some suggestions for how a Lutheran theological perspective might constructively engage Christian Zionism in the service of promoting a vision of hope for the future. |
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| Keywords: | Israel Palestinian Christians fundamentalism premillennial dispensationalism Blackstone Schmucker ELCA |
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