Goldblatt Lecture in Jewish Studies

Holy Ambivalence: Jewish-Evangelical Relations and Why They Matter
Dr. Faydra Shapiro

Evangelical-Jewish relations occupy a unique niche within Jewish-Christian relations, and interfaith relations more broadly. Jews and Evangelical Christians have their own quite specific history, interests, limitations, and common ground. At the same time, Evangelical-Jewish relations matter outside the theological space of interfaith relations, because of their impact on geopolitical realities in the form of Christian Zionist support for Israel. The ambivalence that characterizes Jewish-Evangelical relations is an important and often overlooked aspect for making sense of contemporary Christian Zionism.

Dr. Faydra Shapiro is currently the Executive Director of the Israel Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations in the Galilee and Associate Fellow at The Philos Project. Dr. Shapiro received her PhD from McMaster’s Department of Religious Studies in 2000. She has authored Christian Zionism: Navigating the Jewish-Christian Border and Building Jewish Roots: The Israel
Experience (National Jewish Book Award Winner).

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