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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General
After-Mission touches on on three questions.The first question is
about self-perception and identity-formation strategies, and the
various views that we have on the Protestants' relation to their
Arab Muslim Middle Eastern context. The second question, about the
theological dimension, asks what kind of a theological discourse do
the Protestants need to develop, and how do they need to re-form
their own theological heritage, in such a manner that will allow
them to heal the historical enmity and suspicion towards them from
the Eastern Orthodox Christian community in the region? Finally,
the third question touches on the Protestants' future in the Arab
Muslim Middle East by viewing this inquiry from a broader
perspective that is related to all the Middle Eastern Christian
communities' presence and role in the Muslim-majority context. The
question of identity formation, and the managing of difference
without trapping it in the mud of 'otherizing and self-otherizing',
will also be tackled, so that the theological dimension is
integrated with the broader, multifaceted contextual one.
This book explores how polarised interpretations of America's past
influence the present and vice versa. A focus on competing
Protestant reactions to President Trump's 'Make America Great
Again' slogan evidences a fundamental divide over how America
should remember historical racism, sexism and exploitation.
Additionally, these Protestants disagree over how the past
influences present injustice and equality. The 2020 killing of
George Floyd forced these rival histories into the open. Rowley
proposes that recovering a complex view of the past, confessing the
bad and embracing the good, might help Americans have a shared
memory that can bridge polarisation and work to secure justice and
equality. An accessible and timely book, this is essential reading
for those concerned with the vexed relationship of religion and
politics in the United States, including students and scholars in
the fields of Protestantism, history, political science, religious
studies and sociology.
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