Evangelicals and Israel

In his new book, Evangelicals and Israel: The Story of American Christian Zionism,  Stephen 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. 

Most observers explain the bedrock support of Israel among evangelical Christian 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. Travelujah had the opportunity to speak with Spector about his findings.