Christian Zionism, With Daniel Hummel
On this episode of American Prestige, a discussion about Zionism and the Christian right.

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On this episode of American Prestige, hosts Danny Bessner and Derek Davison speak with Daniel Hummel, director for university engagement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Upper House. Hummel returns to the podcast to continue a conversation about Christian Zionism in the United States since 1948.
In this episode, we pick up with the rise of the new Christian right in the 1970s, the role of Zionism therein, dispensationalism and its notion of Jews and Israel, the Israeli right’s concurrent rise to power, Jimmy Carter as a non-Zionist evangelical, the Camp David Accords, Ronald Reagan’s relationship with Christian Zionism, and where the movement stood on the eve of the Oslo Accords.
You can catch up on the first episode in this series here.
Daniel’s book is Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations.
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Christians for Israel, a religious organization that supports Zionism, brought to the Capitol for a rally, “Bus 19,” an Israeli bus blown up by Palestinians in January 2004.
(Chris Maddaloni / Roll Call / Getty Images)On this episode of American Prestige, we speak with Daniel Hummel, director for university engagement at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Upper House. Hummel returns to the podcast to continue a conversation about Christian Zionism in the United States since 1948.
In this episode, we pick up with the rise of the new Christian right in the 1970s, the role of Zionism therein, dispensationalism and its notion of Jews and Israel, the Israeli right’s concurrent rise to power, Jimmy Carter as a non-Zionist evangelical, the Camp David Accords, Ronald Reagan’s relationship with Christian Zionism, and where the movement stood on the eve of the Oslo Accords.
You can catch up on the first episode in this series here.
Daniel’s book is Covenant Brothers: Evangelicals, Jews, and U.S.-Israeli Relations.

Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
Danny and Derek welcome to the show Oren Ziv to talk about Israeli settlement expansion and political changes in the West Bank. They discuss the legal and political structure of Areas A, B, and C; the proliferation of settler outposts; displacement of Palestinian communities; state support for settlers; Bezalel Smotrich’s sovereignty plan; new settlement approvals; the weakening of the Palestinian Authority; and potential future scenarios for the territory.
Read Oren’s article in The Nation, “Erasing the Lines.”
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