BT93.8.F67

Published in conjunction with a traveling conference organized by the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center and held Nov. 2-9, 2006 at the Notre Dame Center of Jerusalem, Bethlehem University, the Cultural Palace of Ramallah, and the Baptist Church of Nazareth. Includes bibliographical references.

Greetings to the Sixth International Sabeel Conference / Theophilos III -- Forgotten Christians of the Holy Land / Michel Sabbah -- Challenges and witness of Palestinian Christians / Jean Zaru -- Christian vocation in contemporary Palestine / Kenneth Cragg -- Arab Christianity in Byzantine Palestine / Irfan Shahi?d -- Christian Arabs before Islam / Hanna Abu-Hanna -- Historical factors that have affected Palestinian Christians / Naim Ateek -- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem / Archbishop of Constantina Aristarchos -- Armenian Churches in the Holy Land / Aris Shirvanian -- Coptic Church / Anba Abraham -- Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in Jerusalem, Jordan, and the Holy Land / Mar Sewerios Malki Murad -- Catholic contribution to the Christian presence and witness in the Holy Land / Frans Bouwen -- History of Protestants and evangelicals in Palestine / Y. Lynn Holmes -- Role of the church in peacemaking: raising a prophetic voice / Munib Younan -- Identity crisis of Arab Christian Israeli citizens / Giacinto-Boulos Marcuzzo -- Future of Palestinian Christianity / Naim Ateek -- Meditation on Pentecost / Paul Sayah -- Cultural understanding of the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-31) / Kenneth E. Bailey -- Ministry of reconciliation / Jonathan Kuttab -- Pilgrimage from a local point of view / Kevork (George) Hintlian -- Pilgrims' narratives: honing the ethical edge of the sacred journey / Henry Ralph Carse -- Calling a spade a spade: the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine / Ilan Pappe -- Memory against forgetting: the church and the end(s) of Palestinian refugee rights / Alain Epp Weaver -- Strategic dimensions of Israel's unilateral segregation plans in the occupied Palestinian territories / Jad Isaac -- Open Bethlehem campaign / Leila Sansour -- Living together: the experience of Muslim-Christian relations in the Arab world in general and in Palestine in particular / Rafiq Khoury -- Witness to life together / Mamdouh Aker -- Palestinian constitution and democracy / Ali Khashan -- Effects of the land regimes on Arab citizens of Israel / Suhad Bishara -- Palestinian identity in a Jewish state / Jafar Farah and the Mossawa staff -- Political analysis and a vision for peace / Ghassan Khatib -- Notes toward an economic strategy for liberation from occupation / Yousef Nasser -- Strategies to end the occupation at the grassroots / Terry Boullata -- Strategies to end the Israeli occupation / Khalil Nakhleh.