Apocalyptic Movements in Contemporary Politics: Christian and Jewish Zionism

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Springer, May 27, 2014 - Social Science - 257 pages
This book explores Israeli Religious Zionism and US Christian Zionism by focusing on the Messianic and Millenarian drives at the basis of their political mobilization towards a 'Jewish colonization' of the occupied territories.
 

Contents

Political Religions and TheoPolitics
1
1 Meaning at the End
11
2 Millenarianism Messianism and Absolute Politics
36
3 Jewish Religious Zionism
62
4 US Christian Zionism
129
5 Cultural Apocalypse
195
Two Parallel Lines
221
Notes
228
Select Bibliography
250
Index
253
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Carlo Aldrovandi is Assistant Professor in International Peace Studies at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. His current research interests lie at the interface of religion, international relations, human rights and peace studies.

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