Radical Christianity in Palestine and Israel
Liberation and Theology in the Middle East
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23549134 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Samuel J Kuruvilla |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Radical Christianity in Palestine and Israel (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | I.B. Tauris (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9780755692699 |
| OpenAlex | W4246627524 |
| ISBN | 9780755692699 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Christianity arose from the lands of biblical Palestine and, regardless of its twentieth century associations with the Arab-Israeli conflict, to Christians around the world it remains first and foremost the birthplace of Christianity. Nevertheless the size of the Christian population among Palestinians today living in Israel and the Palestinian territories is now relatively insignificant. In Radical Christianity in the Middle East, Samuel J. Kuruvilla argues that Christian Palestinians often emply politically astute as well as theologically radical means in their efforts to prove relevant as a minority community within Israeli and Palestinian societies. Examining the political background of the gradual collapse of secular Arab Nationalism, to be replaced by Islamic liberation movements, he reveals a trend within the Christian Palestinian Church which saw increasing politicisation in the 1980s and 1990s. In the face of often-restrictive Israeli policies, such as land confiscation, along with the First Intifada, there was a drive
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| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |