Radical Christianity In Palestine And Israel

Author : Samuel J. Kuruvilla
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857723888

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Radical Christianity in Palestine and Israel by Samuel J. Kuruvilla Pdf

Christianity arose from the lands of biblical Palestine and, regardless of its twentieth century associations with the Arab-Israeli conflict, to Christians around the world it remains first and foremost the birthplace of Christianity. Nevertheless the size of the Christian population among Palestinians today living in Israel and the Palestinian territories is now relatively insignificant. In Radical Christianity in the Middle East, Samuel J. Kuruvilla argues that Christian Palestinians often emply politically astute as well as theologically radical means in their efforts to prove relevant as a minority community within Israeli and Palestinian societies. Examining the political background of the gradual collapse of secular Arab Nationalism, to be replaced by Islamic liberation movements, he reveals a trend within the Christian Palestinian Church which saw increasing politicisation in the 1980s and 1990s. In the face of often-restrictive Israeli policies, such as land confiscation, along with the First Intifada, there was a drive towards setting up inter-Church and faith activism with the goal of Palestinian liberation. Kuruvilla charts the development of a theology of Christian liberation, in particular through the work of Palestinian Anglican cleric Naim Stifan Ateek and Palestinian Lutheran Pastor Mitri Raheb. From its roots in 1960s Latin America, liberation theology has been adapted and contextualised within the specific situation within Israel and Palestine to produce a framework that emphasises peace and reconciliation, while recognising the importance of resistance and national unity. Theology has impacted Christian perceptions of Palestinians' struggle with Israel; the idea of a land promised to the sons of Abraham and the moral responsibilities that come with this are pitted against Israeli oppression of both Christian and Muslim inhabitants of the Holy Land and their desire for independence and justice. Through this comprehensive study of the,often overlooked, theological, political and practical position of Christians in Palestine, Kuruvilla provides a new and insightful perspective on one of the most written-about conflicts.

Author : Ateek, Naim Stifan
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608337255

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A Palestinian Theology of Liberation by Ateek, Naim Stifan Pdf

Author : Nur Masalha,Lisa Isherwood
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781630873882

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Theologies of Liberation in Palestine-Israel by Nur Masalha,Lisa Isherwood Pdf

This collection of essays concerns the development of contextualized theologies of liberation in Palestine and the indigenous Palestinian people's struggle for justice and liberation. The work is innovative because of its inclusion of indigenous perspectives within its remit and the introduction of new concepts such as civil liberation theology. The collection offers other ways to look at biblical discourses and their impact on the ongoing conflict, ways to live peace, ways to be ethical when visiting these conflicted lands, understandings of resource ethics, and even a new way to understand how we approach our understanding of liberation theology. Contributors include well-known scholars from Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Palestinian-Israeli, Indian, American, and British contexts. This work goes beyond standard academic collections. It is aimed not only at scholars and students but also at peace activists and policymakers. It should be of use not only in academic courses but also for practitioners of conflict resolution, peace and reconciliation.

Author : Una McGahern
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415605717

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Palestinian Christians in Israel by Una McGahern Pdf

This book explores the complicated position of Christian Palestinians within Israel. It reveals the limitations of typical analyses which characterise the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a Jewish-Muslim conflict or which consider Christian Palestinians' primary identity residing within the wider transnational Christian community.

Author : Naim Stifan Ateek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015014949989

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Justice, and Only Justice by Naim Stifan Ateek Pdf

Author : Gary M. Burge
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780829821055

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Whose Land? Whose Promise?: by Gary M. Burge Pdf

Because events in the Middle East continue to escalate in tragic complexity, Christians still struggle with making sense of it all. In this updated version of "Whose Land? Whose Promise?," Gary Burge further explores the personal emotions and opinions, and sharpens his theological argument in the context of the new developments surrounding the crisis in the Middle East. "Whose Land? Whose Promise?" offers insight for the thoughtful reader on an explosive topic and challenges personal truths on peace.

Author : Richard Booker
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780768493153

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Radical Islam's War Against Israel, Christianity and the West by Richard Booker Pdf

This is the handbook about RADICAL ISLAM that you need. In a simple, readable format, here is a book that answers all of your questions about radical Islam. Through extensive documented research, quotes from radical Islamic leaders in the U.S. and abroad, and years of personal experience in the Middle East, author Dr. Richard Booker explains the beliefs and practices of Islam--and specificallly radical Islamists. All Americans need to be aware of how radical Islamists plan to destroy Israel, subjugate Christianity, and turn the West (Europe and the United States) into Islamic countries. Learn the truth about the hottest topic for today, including: How radical Islamic leaders in the U.S. and abroad are planning to convert Americans to Islam. Pre-Islamic worship in Arabia. The God of the Koran and the God of the Bible. Myths and facts about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Bible prophecy fulfillment. Christians and Jews must take action to preserve our Judeo-Christian heritage and way of life--start today by arming yourself with knowledge. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us (Romans 8:37).

Author : Paul Charles Merkley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0773521887

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Christian Attitudes Towards the State of Israel by Paul Charles Merkley Pdf

During the 1947 United Nations debate on the future of Palestine, world opinion was powerfully affected by news of the Holocaust and the plight of Jewish refugees, creating a momentary humanitarian advantage that helped mobilize support for the creation of the state of Israel. However, almost as soon as it became clear that the Jews had won their war for independence, anti-Zionists within Christianity reasserted themselves. A pro-Arab bloc of Western missionaries at the World Council of Churches echoed the anti-Zionism that has always characterized those churches which today constitute the Middle East Council of Churches, while the Roman Catholic Church, never friendly to Zionism, advocated the "internationalization" of Jerusalem to diminish the Jewish presence in the heart of the Holy Land. Mainstream Protestantism championed "Palestinian nationalism," and still does not hesitate to portray Israel as an "oppressor," but most evangelical Christians see Israel's restoration as a part of God's plan. In Christian Attitudes towards the State of Israel Paul Merkley demonstrates that polarized opinion continues to affect how Israel is perceived today.

Author : Mitri Raheb
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451414854

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I Am a Palestinian Christian by Mitri Raheb Pdf

In the pains and hopes of his people, Raheb reveals an emerging Palestinian Christian theology.

Author : Craig Michael Nielsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 9490179116

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Israel-Palestine by Craig Michael Nielsen Pdf

Read Craig Michael Nielsen's well-researched book and weep for Israel and weep for your persecuted fellow Christians in Palestine. We must stop defending the radically anti-Christian Zionist movement. It's not anti-Semitic to oppose Israel's genocide of Palestinians. It's anti-Christian to accept it. Find out how wrong we have been about Israel. Then demand that the U.S. stop funding the Palestinian Holocaust. It's the Christian thing to do. - Peter Mead, U.S. Editor & Journalist

Author : Andrew F. Bush
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625642561

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Learning from the Least by Andrew F. Bush Pdf

With the majority of the world's Christians now living in the non-Western world, Christian mission has become a global movement. The mission of Western Christianity now faces the challenge of laying aside the preeminence and privilege it has long enjoyed in global Christian mission, and embracing a new role of servanthood in weakness alongside its sisters and brothers from Asia, South America, and Africa. Such a transformation in historic patterns in mission requires not just new strategies and techniques, but a renewal of its spirituality. How can the spirituality of Western mission be renewed? By learning from those non-Western Christians whose lives on the margins reveal anew the One who emptied himself of the prerogatives of glory on the cross to serve humanity out of utter weakness. Learning from the Least invites you to a journey among Palestinian Christians to meet radical peacemakers who are making courageous decisions to reconcile with those who are customarily reckoned as enemies. Their radical servanthood out of weakness is a prophetic challenge to Western Christians, a call to lay aside the prerogatives of power and wealth, to question triumphal theologies, and to discover again the vulnerability of the way of the cross.

Author : Naim Stifan Ateek,Cedar Duaybis,Maurine Tobin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122700300

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Challenging Christian Zionism by Naim Stifan Ateek,Cedar Duaybis,Maurine Tobin Pdf

Author : Wesley Haddon Brown,Peter F. Penner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 3937896570

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Christian Perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Wesley Haddon Brown,Peter F. Penner Pdf

Author : Alain Epp Weaver
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498294317

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Inhabiting the Land by Alain Epp Weaver Pdf

What does it mean to inhabit the land of Palestine and Israel justly? How should Christians understand the Palestinian-Israeli conflict? Alain Epp Weaver examines answers to these questions, paying particular attention to the theologies of sumud, or steadfastness, advanced by Palestinian Christian theologians, while also presenting other Christian, Jewish, and Muslim responses. Contextualizing these theologies within Palestinian and Israeli Jewish histories, Epp Weaver introduces readers to the intertwined histories of Zionism (as a movement to establish a Jewish state and renew Jewish life in the biblical land of Israel) and Palestinian nationalism. He also situates Palestinian Christian theologies within broader Christian conversations about election, God's enduring covenant with the Jewish people, and Zionism. In the face of a politics of separation and dispossession, Epp Weaver contends, Palestinian Christian theologies testify to the possibility of a shared polity and geography for Palestinians and Israeli Jews not defined by walls, militarized fences, checkpoints, and roadblocks, but rather by mutuality and reconciliation.

Author : Naim Stifan Ateek
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015082655633

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A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation by Naim Stifan Ateek Pdf

"From the text: "The background is clear. . . . [Jerusalem] has been conquered and re-conquered more than 37 times. The latest conquest in 1967 was by the Israeli army. After the war Israel 'took in' not only the 5 square kilometers of Arab East Jerusalem - but also 65 square kilometers of surrounding open country and villages, most of which never had any municipal link to Jerusalem. Overnight they became part of Israel's 'eternal and indivisible capital.' The history of Jerusalem has been written with blood."" "The first part of this sequel to Justice and Only Justice focuses on events since the Intifada of 1987, including the violence that has come from Israel's aggression and from the use of suicide bombers by Palestinians. The second part of the book draws on scripture, lifting up biblical figures such as Samson, Jonah, Daniel, and Jesus as it examines issues of ownership of the land. In the final section, Ateek presents a strategy to achieve peace and justice nonviolently that will promote justice for the Palestinians and security for both Israel and Palestine."--BOOK JACKET.