{"product_id":"9780199709793","title":"Evangelicals and Israel: The Story of American Christian Zionism","description":"Most observers explain evangelical Christians' bedrock support for Israel as stemming from the apocalyptic belief that the Jews must return to the Holy Land as a precondition for the second coming of Christ.  But the real reasons, argues Stephen Spector, are far more complicated. In \u003cem\u003eEvangelicals and Israel\u003c\/em\u003e, Spector delves deeply into the Christian Zionist movement, mining information from original interviews, web sites, publications, news reports, survey research, worship services, and interfaith conferences, to provide a surprising look at the sources of evangelical support for Israel.  Israel is God's prophetic clock for many evangelicals - irrefutable proof that prophecy is true and coming to pass in our lifetime.  But Spector goes beyond end-times theology to find a complex set of motivations behind Israel-evangelical relations. These include the promise of God's blessing for those who bless the Jews; gratitude to Jews for establishing the foundations of Christianity; remorse for the Chu","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067235123440,"sku":"9780199709793","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780199709793_p0.jpg?v=1763671412","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780199709793","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}