| Description |
1 online resource (636 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: The political and theological foundations of Christian engagement with the Jewish state / Cary Nelson -- Christianity, Jews and Judaism / Edward Kessler -- The Gospel and the land revisited : exegesis, hermeneutics, and politics / Amy-Jill Levine -- American Christianity, Israel, and the US presidency / Daniel Friedman -- Catholic organizations and the delegitimization of Israel / Giovanni Matteo Quer -- Evangelicals and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Jonathan Rynhold -- Complexity and contention : four decades of the Episcopal Church's reponses to the Palestinian-Israel question / C.K. Robertson -- Where we live, what we believe : thinking contextually with Ateek, Raheb, and Gregerman about Israel/Palestine / Robert A. Cathey -- The Kairos Palestine document, anti-Semitism, and BDS / David Fox Sandmel -- Assessing the 2017 Mennonite resolution on Israel/Palestine / John Kampen -- Battle for the Holy Land(s) : the evolution fo the American Protestant polarization on Israel and Palestine / Daniel Friedman -- When the PCUSA began to mirror the Middle East (2004-present) / John Wimberly, William Harter -- Zionism unsettled, and the 2014 PCUSA battles over divestment / Michael C. Gizzi -- A critical reading of Zionism unsettled, its antecedents, and its legacy / Cary Nelson -- Spiritual siblings sharing sacred space : a pastor's reflection / Susan Andrews -- Reconciliation, shared society, and co-existence efforts between Israelis and Palestinians : an overview / Michael C. Gizzi -- A reconciliation roadmap / Cary Nelson -- Preface to a timeline : a brief history of anti-semitism / David Fox Sandmel -- Annotated timeline of Jewish/Christian relations and the history of anti-Judaism / Cary Nelson |
| Summary |
"Peace and faith : Christian Churches and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, composed of new essays, is the first collection to bring together writers from different faith communities to discuss the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement's impact on one of the more fractious topics addressed by Christian denominations: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In so doing, it builds on interfaith projects under way for decades. Theology and politics intermingle in debates taking place in local churches, Christian NGOs, and national church meetings that define official policy. The debates revive and reframe the most basic values of Christianity and the questions church members seek to resolve: How do Christians today hew to the principles Jesus articulated? How can justice be pursued in the context of competing national narratives and historical understandings? What bearing do or should centuries of Christian violence against Jews and Muslims have on contemporary theology and ethics? Is it ethical, or even possible, to set aside millennia of Christian anti-Semitism in judging Israel's conduct? What Christian values should be honored in pursuing Jesus's mission of reconciliation today? How may the pursuit of truth be corrupted by passionate social witness? Can advocacy cross the line into hatred? These are among the critical questions this collection poses and attempts to address."--Publisher |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 20, 2021) |
| Subject |
Boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Palestine question (1948-)
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Arab-Israeli conflict
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Boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nelson, Cary, editor.
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Gizzi, Michael C., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781638775706 |
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1638775702 |
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9781637607626 |
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1637607628 |
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