A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists, and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance Contributor(s): Chafets, Zev (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060890592 ISBN-13: 9780060890599 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Chafets offers an anecdotal and engaging take on a pressing issue--the unlikely alliance of Evangelical Christians and Jews in America. |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Comparative Religion - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
Dewey: 296.396 |
Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.89" W x 7.99" (0.40 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Publisher Description: Over the course of an extraordinary year, Zev Chafets--former New York Daily News columnist and onetime director of the Israeli government press office--traveled the world to explore the improbable confluence of Jews and evangelicals. He spent quality time with Jerry Falwell, visited Jewish cadets at West Point, attended the world's biggest Christian retail show, embarked on a road trip with the rabbi with the largest gentile following since Jesus, journeyed to the Holy Land with a band of repentant Christian pilgrims, and broke bread with George W. Bush and five hundred fellow Jewish Republicans. A Match Made in Heaven is the penetrating, engaging, and often hilarious narrative of Chafets's determined quest to get to the root of a very serious question: Why do evangelicals support Israel so strongly? Equal parts history, comedy, travelogue, and political tract, it is a smart and adventurous odyssey along a rapidly changing religious and political border. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chafets, Zev: - Zev Chafets is a founding editor of the Jerusalem Report magazine and the author of nine books of fiction, media criticism, and social and political commentary. He splits his time between Tel Aviv and New York. |