Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century

Abstract Christian Zionism in the Twenty-First Century: Evangelical Public Opinion on Israel explores religious beliefs and foreign policy attitudes of the largest religious movement in the United States, the evangelical and born-again Christians. This study draws on three original surveys compiled by the authors in 2018, 2020, and 2021. It analyzes the views of ordinary churchgoers and the evangelical elite (pastors) to understand the religious, social, and political factors that lead the members of this religious community to support the State of Israel in the Israeli–Palestinian dispute. Inbari and Bumin demonstrate that the contemporary evangelical and born-again community is a rich tapestry, full of important nuances and qualifications. Through rigorous quantitative analyses and careful textual study of ordinary evangelicals’ written comments, this book rectifies many misconceptions about who evangelical and born-again Christians are, about their sympathies toward Israel, the Jews, the Palestinians, and the sources of their foreign policy attitudes toward the Israeli–Palestinian dispute. Inbari and Bumin’s research focuses on addressing previously understudied generational differences, eschatological disagreements, and complex political opinions among American evangelical believers.