Walking on the Pages of the Word of God

Self, Land, and Text Among Evangelical Volunteers in Jerusalem

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8046339
AutoresAron Engberg (autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Páginas185-194
Data de publicação2019-08-31
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoWalking on the Pages of the Word of God (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004411890
OpenAlexW4229621383
Open LibraryOL31368757M
ISBN9789004411890
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas94

In Walking on the Pages of the Word of God Aron Engberg explores the religious language and identities of evangelical volunteer workers in contemporary Jerusalem. The volunteers are connected to Christian organizations which consider their work a natural consequence of the biblical promises to Israel and their responsibility to "bless the Jewish people". Relying on ethnographic data of the discursive practices of the volunteers, the book explores a central puzzle of Zionist Christianity: the narrative production of Israel's religious significance and its relationship to broader Christian language traditions. By focusing on the volunteers' stories about themselves, the land and the Bible, Aron Engberg offers a convincing account about how the State of Israel is finding its way into evangelical identities

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