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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Main Author: Marteijn, Elizabeth S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: 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.
ISSN:1572-543X
Contains:Enthalten in: Exchange
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341569