Uneasy Allies?

Alan Mittleman is director of the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religious and Social Studies and professor of Jewish philosophy at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Byron R. Johnson is professor of sociology and codirector of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University. Nancy Isserman is the associate director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University.

• Chapter 1 Is America Christian? Religion in America at the turn of the Twentieth CenturyChapter 2 Evangelical Protestants and Jews: A View from the PollsChapter 3 How Wide is the Social Distance between Jews and Evangelicals?Chapter 4 The Organized Jewish Community and Evangelical America: A Brief HistoryChapter 5 "Luckier than Moses:" The Future of the Jewish-Evangelical AllianceChapter 6 On the Road: The Jewish Community Relations Encounter with Evangelical ChristiansChapter 7 Evangelical Ironies: Theology, Politics, and IsraelChapter 8 Evangelicals and IsraelChapter 9 Jews and Evangelicals - Between Prophecy and MitzvotChapter 10 American Jews and Evangelical Christians: Anatomy of a Changing RelationshipChapter 11 Last Things: The Future of Jews and Evangelicals in American Public LifeChapter 12 Notes for a Jewish-Evangelical ConversationChapter 13 What Makes Evangelical and Jewish Relations Uneasy?

Even though we do need the question mark, the title of this important book gets it right: Evangelicals and Jews are allies, but we have typically been uneasy in each other's presence. By sorting out the facts, clearing up the misunderstandings, and laying bare the real differences, the authors of these essays make a major contribution toward diminishing the uneasiness and thereby strengthening the alliance.