We Need a New Defense of Christian Zionism

Without it, antisemitism will only continue to rise among religious Americans. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Christian Zionism in America is becoming an exhausted force of mostly older white people on one side of the political spectrum relying on 50-year-old arguments that no longer have wide traction. But given what is replacing it, we will miss it when it is gone. Twentieth-century Christian Zionism, whatever its faults, was an accessible framework for Christian friendship with Israel and with Jews. Mark Tooley is president of The Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD). He is also editor of IRD’s foreign policy and national security journal, 'Providence.' More We Think You’d Like