Editing Hugh J. Schonfield (section)

==Religious and political beliefs==
Born Jewish, Schonfield became a [[liberal Christianity|liberal]] [[Hebrew Christian movement|Hebrew Christian]] who sometimes referred to himself as a [[Nazarene (sect)|Nazarene]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jamison |first1=A.L. |date=1948 |title=Review of The Jew of Tarsus: An Unorthodox Portrait of Paul, by Hugh J. Schonfield |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/004057364800500321 |journal=Theology Today |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=441–443 |doi=10.1177/004057364800500321 |s2cid=170657899 |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref> In 1937 Schonfield was excluded from membership of the [[International Hebrew Christian Alliance]] (IHCA),<ref name="Langton2010"/> of which he had been a founding member since 1925, due to his unwillingness to affirm the [[deity of Jesus]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Harvey |first=Richard |date=2002 |title=Passing over the Plot? The Life and Work of Hugh Schonfield (1901-1988) |url=https://www.caspari.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mishkan37.pdf |journal=Mishkan: A Forum on the Gospel and the Jewish People |issue=37 |pages=35–48 |access-date=2 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Power |first=Owen |date=2013 |title=Hugh Schonfield: A Case Study of Complex Jewish Identities |url=https://wipfandstock.com/9781620322673/hugh-schonfield/ |location=Eugene, Oregon |publisher=Wipf & Stock |isbn=9781620322673}}</ref> He later associated with Messianic Judaism for a while, but was bitterly disillusioned by the experience.<ref name="Rausch1982"/> He called himself "the Jewish historian of Christian beginnings",<ref>{{cite news |last=Dearing |first=Vinton A. |date=30 March 1986 |title=The Original New Testament edited and translated from the Greek by Hugh J. Schonfield |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-03-30-bk-1512-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref> and at the time of his death he was described in obituaries as a "non-practicing Jew."<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2 February 1988 |title=Hugh J. Schonfield, 86; Biblical Scholar, Author |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-02-mn-39869-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=12 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=28 January 2023 |title=Scholar H.J. Schonfield; Wrote Passover Plot |work=Chicago Tribune}}</ref>

At one time he was president of the [[H. G. Wells]] Society. He founded the "Mondcivitan Republic," [[Commonwealth of World Citizens]], in 1956.<ref name="wat"/>

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a [[world constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961 |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B149-F04-022.1.8 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials |url=https://www.afb.org/HelenKellerArchive?a=d&d=A-HK01-07-B154-F05-028.1.6 |access-date=2023-07-03 |website=Helen Keller Archive |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind}}</ref> As a result, for the first time in human history, a [[World Constituent Assembly]] convened to draft and adopt a [[Constitution for the Federation of Earth]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preparing earth constitution {{!}} Global Strategies & Solutions {{!}} The Encyclopedia of World Problems |url=http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/strategy/193465 |url-status= |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=The Encyclopedia of World Problems {{!}} Union of International Associations (UIA)}}</ref>