Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880 - 2000 (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series) (0807825662) - Reviews and Prices
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Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880 - 2000 (H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Series) (0807825662) - Reviews and Prices
With this book, Yaakov Ariel offers the first comprehensive history of Protestant evangelization of Jews in America to the present day. Based on unprecedented research in missionary archives as well as Jewish writings, the book analyzes the theology and activities of both the missions and the converts and describes the reactions of the Jewish community, which in turn helped to shape the evangelical activity directed toward it.
Ariel delineates three successive waves of evangelism, the first directed toward poor Jewish immigrants, the second toward American-born Jews trying to assimilate, and the third toward Jewish baby boomers influenced by the counterculture of the Vietnam War era. After World War II, the missionary impulse became almost exclusively the realm of conservative evangelicals, as the more liberal segments of American Christianity took the path of interfaith dialogue.
As Ariel shows, these missionary efforts have profoundly influenced Christian-Jewish relations. Jews have seen the missionary movement as a continuation of attempts to delegitimize Judaism and to do away with Jews through assimilation or annihilation. But to conservative evangelical Christians, who support the State of Israel, evangelizing Jews is a manifestation of goodwill toward them.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great Resource:
This book is a great resource for those who want to know the truth about the Hebrew-Christian and so-called messianic movement, which were created for the goal of converting all Jews to Christianity. The only aspect of the book I didn't like is that the author takes a neutral approach when discussing the messies, which is what journalists are supposed to do, not authors. Besides that, it is a great resource.
Evangalizing the Chosen People:
This book is easy to read and fascinating to follow. Thus, it is not simply an academic text. Considering the significant influence of Christian Fundamentalists today even in American government and life, this book offers a balanced perspective and a panorama of the odd history of this surprising inter-relationship, as well an introduction to the curious way of speaking at cross purposes that has developed between these Christians and the Jews- with Israel as the very core.
