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Reading

• Journal of Lutheran Ethics (May 2007) focuses on Christian Zionism, with an article by Munib Younan.
• When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture by Paul Boyer (Belknap Press, 1992).
• Allies for Armageddon: The Rise of Christian Zionism by Victoria Clark (Yale University Press, 2007).
• Christians and a Land Called Holy by Charles P. Lutz and Robert O. Smith (Fortress Press, 2006).
• The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount by Gershom Gorenberg (Free Press, 2000; available from Amazon).
• American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism by Thomas S. Kidd (Princeton University Press, 2008).
• The Rapture Exposed: The Message of Hope in the Book of Revelation by Barbara R. Rossing (Basic Books, 2005).
• On the Road to Armageddon: How Evangelicals Became Israel’s Best Friend by Timothy P. Weber (Baker Academic, 2004).

Robert O. Smith

Free resources

Visit these Web sites for more information

The ELCA "Peace Not Walls" Web site.

• “Peace Not Walls,” an ELCA campaign to learn, pray and act for peace with justice in the Middle East.

• “Why We Should be Concerned about Christian Zionism,” from the National Council of Churches of Christ.

• The Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism.

• To learn more about Martin Luther’s apocalyptic hope, sign up by mid-June at www.thelutheran.org to receive The Lutheran’s free weekly e-newsletter.