BR1110.C579

- Part 1: Theological perspectives 1- Reconciliation as a christian response to the israel - PAlestine conflict - The new testament and the land 3- Orientalism in christian theology - Part 2: Historical perspectives 4- Christian reactions to the muslim conquest of jerusalem 5- Albert Hourani , Arab Christian Minorities and the spiritual dimension of britain's problem in palestine , 1938 - 1947 6- The beginnings of a new coexistence : a case study of the venration of the prophet elijah (mar elias) among christians , muslims and jews in haifa after 1948 - Part 3: Contemporary Perspectives 7- In this world you will have trouble : christians living amid conflict in the middle east 8- Christians working for peace in the middle east : efforts and expectations 9- The crescent and the cross are the marks on my hands : the performance of palestinian unity amid political 10- researching palestinian christian uses of the bible : israeli and israelire violence as a conanical problem?

"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.