Spring 2012
“Johnny Cash in the Holy Land: Christian Zionism and American Popular Culture”A talk by Shalom Goldman, accompanied by folksinger Lisa Deaton Monday, March 12, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Goldman, author of the new book Zeal for Zion: Christians, Jews, and the Idea of the Promised Land, argues that Christian Zionism in America actually is much older and broader than most realize and involves an understanding of America asa kind of Israel-like promised land for people escaping religious and political persecution. |
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“Johnny Cash symbolizes for me the American popular culture enthusiasm for Israel,” Goldman said. He notes that Cash and wife June Carter Cash made five trips to Israel and that Cash was baptized in the Jordan River. Shalom Goldman is Research Professor of Religion at Duke University. In addition to Zeal for Zion, Goldman has published God’s Sacred Tongue: Hebrew and the American Imagination as well as other books. His next book, forthcoming in 2012, is entitled Demon’s Wager: Conversion, Apostasy, and Modern Jewish Identity. The London Times Literary Supplement described Zeal for Zion as "remarkably fair, clear and informative." Goldman is a contributing editor at Religiondispatches.org, an online magazine devoted to the study of religion and public life. Lisa Deaton plays and sings with three bands, The Georgia Mudcats, an Appalachian String Band; Mulligan Stew, an Irish and old time band; and LD and The Blind Dates, an eclectic folkadelic acoustic band Upcoming EventsFourth Annual Asheville Jewish Film Festival Other events this semester:Two Evenings with Norman Fischer:
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