Christians and the Middle East conflict / edited by Paul S. Rowe, John H. A. Dyck, and Jens Zimmermann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rowe, Paul S. (Paul Stanley), editor.

Dyck, John (John H. A.), 1951- editor.

Zimmermann, Jens, 1965- editor.

Series:

Routledge studies in religion and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christians--Middle East--History.

Christians.

Christianity and politics--Middle East--History.

Christianity and politics.

History.

Middle East--History.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

viii, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

"Christians and the Middle East Conflict deals with the relationship of Christians and Christian theology to the various conflicts in the Middle East, a topic that is often sensationalized but still insufficiently understood. Political developments over the last two decades, however, have prompted observers to rediscover and examine the central role religious motivations play in shaping public discourses. This book proceeds on the assumption that neither a focus on the eschatological nor a narrow understanding of the plight of Christians in the Middle East is sufficient. Instead, it is necessary to understand Christians in context and to explore the ways that Christian theology applies through the actions of Christians who have lived and continue to live through conflict in the region either as native inhabitants or interested foreign observers. This volume addresses issues of concern to Christians from a theological perspective, from the perspective of Christian responses to conflict throughout history, and in reflection on the contemporary realities of Christians in the Middle East. The essays in this volume combine contextual political and theological reflections written by both scholars and Christian activists and will be of interest to students and scholars of Politics, Religion and Middle East Studies. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Paul S. Rowe, John H.A. Dyck, and Jens Zimmermann

Reconciliation as a Christian response to the Israel-Palestine conflict / Salim J. Munayer

The New Testament and the land / Gary M. Burge

Orientalism in Christian theology / Magih Abdul-Masih

Christian reactions to the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem (637 CE) / Maher Y. Abu-Munshar

Albert Hourani, Arab Christian minorities and the spiritual dimension of Britain's problem in Palestine, 1938-1947 / Todd Thompson

The beginnings of a new coexistence : a case study of the veneration of the Prophet Elijah (Mar Ilyas) among Christians, Muslims, and Jews in Haifa after 1948 / Akiko Sugase

In this world you will have trouble : Christians living amid conflict in the Middle East / Paul S. Rowe

Christians working for peace in the Middle East : efforts and expectations / Peter E. Makari

"The cross and the crescent are the marks on my hands" : the performance of Palestinian unity amidst political fragmentation / Alain Epp Weaver

Researching Palestinian Christian uses of the Bible : Israeli and Israelite violence as a canonical problem? / Mark Daniel Calder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415743983

0415743982

OCLC:

868641605