Mike Robinson talks to Clifford Kiracofe about the origins of Christian Zionism and its relationship to Jewish Zionism and Western governments' support for the State of Israel.
Based in Washington, DC, Dr. Kiracofe is an author, journalist, photographer, educator, consultant, and former senior professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Dr. Kiracofe is the author of a scathing analysis of U.S. Middle East policy. Dark Crusade (London: IB Tauris, 2009).
He has taught at Virginia Military Institute, Washington and Lee University, and China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing), and is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Future Co-Creation at China Jiaotong University (Beijing).
he Washington Institute for Peace and Development Studies.
Cliff's book, Dark Crusadeavailable From Bloomsbury Publishing.
Additional details on the history and theology of Dispensationalism (the British birthplace of Christian Zionism) can be found at:
The second half of Anton Chaitkin's 1997 lecture on the British regime's use of Christian denominations and lay organisations also provides many relevant details.