The Revival of Palestinian Christianity: Developments in Palestinian Theology
Abstract Palestinian Christians are a minority of approximately 1 or 2% in a context marked by conflict, expulsions, and ongoing emigration. Despite all this, Palestinian Christians have made a significant contribution to society in the spheres of politics, the arts, science, and social welfare. Mor...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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Exchange
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 257-277 |
IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBL Near East and North Africa |
Further subjects: | B
kairos theology
B Public Theology B Palestinian Christianity B Israeli-Palestinian conflict B Contextual Theology B Palestinian theology |
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Summary: | Abstract Palestinian Christians are a minority of approximately 1 or 2% in a context marked by conflict, expulsions, and ongoing emigration. Despite all this, Palestinian Christians have made a significant contribution to society in the spheres of politics, the arts, science, and social welfare. Moreover, from the 1980s onwards, this Palestinian context of struggle has also been the source for the emergence of a socially and politically committed contextual theology. This article analyses the development of Palestinian contextual theology by examining theological publications by Palestinian theologians. It identifies liberation, reconciliation, witness, ecumenism, and interfaith-dialogue as some of the dominant theological themes. What unites these publications is a theological engagement with the Palestinian Christian identity in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |
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ISSN: | 1572-543X |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341569 |