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===Liberal Christianity's Anti-Semitism===
===Liberal Christianity's Anti-Semitism===
In ''American Protestantism and a Jewish State'' (1973) an Israeli government official [[Hertzel Fishman]] analyzed several years (1937-1967) worth of ''[[Christian Century]]'' and concluded that the magazine is [[Anti-Semitism|Anti-Semitic]], stating (quote taken from Rausch) "[[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Protestanism]] consistently and historically opposed a Jewish State in Palestine, obstructed immigration of Jewish refugees, minimized the Holocaust, tried to reduce Israel's boundaries and supported Arab 'rights'." Although Dr. Fishman found instances of the magazine denouncing individual acts of anti-semitism, he found that the magazine was consistent in its intolerance and opposition to collective acts of a Jewish "peoplehood."<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=-BPjHQAACAAJ Zionism Within Early American Fundamentalism 1878-1918: A Convergence of Two Traditions]'', [[David A. Rausch]], Edwin Mellen Press, 1979, ISBN 9-88946-875-3, ISBN 0-88946-976-8, page 23-25 </ref> In this sense and in theological senses, the modern [[Coptic Church]] is part of liberal Christianity. The ''Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism'' is a document written and endorsed by several [[liberal]] Christian churches. <ref> [http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/jerusalemdeclaration.pdf ''Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism''] </ref>
In ''American Protestantism and a Jewish State'' (1973) an Israeli government official [[Hertzel Fishman]] analyzed several years (1937-1967) worth of ''[[Christian Century]]'' and concluded that the magazine is [[Anti-Semitism|Anti-Semitic]], stating (quote taken from Rausch) "[[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Protestanism]] consistently and historically opposed a Jewish State in Palestine, obstructed immigration of Jewish refugees, minimized the Holocaust, tried to reduce Israel's boundaries and supported Arab 'rights'." Although Dr. Fishman found instances of the magazine denouncing individual acts of anti-semitism, he found that the magazine was consistent in its intolerance and opposition to collective acts of a Jewish "peoplehood."<ref>''[http://books.google.com/books?id=-BPjHQAACAAJ Zionism Within Early American Fundamentalism 1878-1918: A Convergence of Two Traditions]'', [[David A. Rausch]], Edwin Mellen Press, 1979, ISBN 9-88946-875-3, ISBN 0-88946-976-8, page 23-25 </ref> In this sense and in theological senses, the modern [[Coptic Church]] is part of liberal Christianity. The ''Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism'' is a document written and endorsed by several [[liberal]] Christian churches. <ref> [http://www.pcusa.org/peacemaking/jerusalemdeclaration.pdf ''Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism''] </ref>
A representative example of such liberal Anti-Semitism was found as recently as 1954 in a [[World Council of Churches]] report:
{{cquote|In view of the grievous guilt of Christian people towards the Jews throughout the history of the Church, we are certain that the Church cannot rest until the title of Christ to the Kingdom is recognized by His own people according to the flesh.<ref>''The Evanston Report: The Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches, 1954'', New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955, p.327</ref><ref>''Uncivil Religion: Interreligious Hostility in America'' (Part I: Jewish-Christian Tensions pp.1-37), [[Robert N. Bellah]] and Frederick E. Greenspahn (Eds.), 1987, New York: Crossroad Publishing Company, pp.3-4</ref>
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===Origins of liberal Christianity===
===Origins of liberal Christianity===