Mainline Protestants Begin to Divest from Israel: A Moral Imperative or “Effective” Anti-Semitism?

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" Mainline Protestants Begin to Divest from Israel: A Moral Imperative or “Effective” Anti-Semitism? "
D. L. Clarke

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	818494
Doc. No	:	LA97350
Call No	:	‭10.1525/jps.2005.35.1.44‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	D. L. Clarke
Title & Author	:	Mainline Protestants Begin to Divest from Israel: A Moral Imperative or “Effective” Anti-Semitism? [Article]\ D. L. Clarke
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Palestine Studies
Date	:	2005
Volume/ Issue Number	:	35/1
Page No	:	44-59
Abstract	:	A campaign to divest selectively in corporations doing business in Israel, which began on American university campuses and then ebbed, has been adopted and reinvigorated by important mainline Protestant churches, especially the Presbyterian Church in the United States (PC[USA]). This article examines the PC(USA)'s catalytic role in the divestment movement, the backlash within church ranks, and the evolving positions of other Protestant denominations. The determined opposition by Jewish groups and the dampening effect of accusations of “functional anti-Semitism” are also discussed. While its ultimate effectiveness is impossible to predict, the divestment movement is in motion and is gaining consequential advocates.
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1525/jps.2005.35.1.44‬