Attached Paper In-person November Annual Meeting 2026

Feminist Theological Intervention against Transnational Christian Zionism

Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

This paper explores feminist theological intervention against transnational Korean Christian Zionism by interrogating the various factors that have shaped it, including the interplay of the Korean, Israeli, and American/U.S. exceptionalisms, which serves as a mechanism that sustains resolute support of Israel at the expense of Palestinians. At the center of Korean evangelical Protestant Christians’ unwavering support of the State of Israel lies Christian Zionism, defined as a racist, Islamophobic, and heteropatriarchal theo-political ideology that supports the State of Israel as the fulfillment of biblical prophecy of God’s promise. What is inextricably interconnected with transnational Korean Christian Zionism is gendered racism against Palestinians, including Palestinian Christians, as the feared and ungrievable Others. Furthermore, when transnational Korean Christian Zionism supports Israel’s genocidal and omnicidal war against Palestine, it is also perpetrating reproductive injustice and environmental injustice against Palestinians, injustices that cannot be separated from one another.