Description
Book SynopsisA wide-ranging collection of essays on the varieties of liberation theologies emerging in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the hopes that they offer for future reconciliation.
Trade Review"The book makes a unique contribution to the field of liberation theology by describing the grassroots spirituality of Palestinian Christians" Katie Leggett, University of Edinburgh, Theological Book Review vol.27 (2017) no.2, pp.123-4
Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgments Introduction -Nur Masalha and Lisa Isherwood 1 Liberation Theology in Latin America and Palestine-Israel: Practical Similarities and Contextual Differences -Samuel Kuruvilla 2 Reflections on Sabeel's Liberation Theology and Ecumenical Work (1992-2013) -Naim Ateek 3 Theologies of Liberation in Palestine-Israel and the Struggle for Peace and Justice -Marc Ellis 4 Reading the Bible with the Eyes of the Philistines, Canaanites and Amalekites: Messianic Zionism, Zealotocracy, the Militarist Traditions of the Tanakh and the Palestinians (1967 to Gaza 2013) -Nur Masalha 5 God's Mapmakers: A Theology of Dispossession -Gareth Lloyd Jones 6 The Quest for Peace with Justice in the Middle East: Christian Zionist and Palestinian Theologies -Rosemary Radford Ruether 7 Transcending Monotheism and a Theology of Land -Lisa Isherwood 8 Beyond Interfaith Reconciliation: A New Paradigm for a Theology of Land -Mark Braverman 9 Confronting the Truth: New Awakenings to the Palestinian Situation -Mary Grey 10 Civil Liberation Theology in Palestine: Indigenous, Secular-Humanist and Post-Colonial Perspectives -Nur Masalha Index
