Contents
Introduction ix
1. Settler Colonialism, Palestine, and the Bible
Settler Colonialism
The Theopolitics of Settler Colonialism: The Case of Israel 5
2. Christian Zionism: The Christian Lobby Supporting Settler Colonization in Palestine 29
Christian Zionism: Redefined 31
Christian Zionism and the British Empire 32
Liberal Christian Zionism and the Holocaust 38
Christian Zionism and the American Christian Right 45
Conclusion 49
3. The Land, the Bible, and Settler Colonialism 53
The Haram versus Temple Mount 53
The Land Named Canaan 58 Palestine 59
Israel 61
The Biblical Story and Israeli Settler Colonialism 64
4. Chosen People? 93
Election as a Challenge for Palestinian Christians 96
Election in the Modern Context 109
Toward a New Decolonial Understanding of Election 114
Conclusion 127
Epilogue 129
Selected Bibliography 143
Index 157
