CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOLY LAND has found its presence significantly
challenged for much of the twentieth century and the whole of the
first decade of the twenty-first, from war, interreligious and
ethnic conflict, emigration, and a fragmented ecclesiology. As a
sacred city Jerusalem has a global significance: for Muslims the
Haram-al-Sharif is a symbol of victory; for Jews the Wailing Wall a
symbol of loss; and for Christians the Holy Sepulchre a symbol of
victory through loss. Theology and politics have interacted in this
sacred story. Political theologies remain at least implicit in the
histories of all major faith communities: Jewish, Christian and
Muslim. For Christianity the Holy Land is not only of local
significance, but is of importance to the identity of the
two-and-a-half-billion-strong world community of churches which
make up Christendom. The contributors to this volume have
undertaken a wide-ranging historical, political and theological
enquiry into the Christian presence in modern Jerusalem and the
Holy Land. The chapters have an ecumenical, even interreligious,
instinct and focus. The political landscape is ever changing and,
while severely threatening the Christian presence in the Holy Land,
continuously challenges and demands a Christian response. The
primary responsibility for articulating this Christian response to
the political and religious questions has in practice lain with the
Christians of the Holy Land, however it cannot be solely their
burden. This book bears witness to an ongoing theological
reflection whilst its immediate concern in the contemporary
significance of Jerusalem has a much wider significance. While
bearing witness to an ongoing theological reflection, this book's
immediate concern with the contemporary significance of Jerusalem
has a much wider resonance. It covers a host of themes -
Christianity in modern Jerusalem; contemporary Jewish-Israeli views
on Christianity and Christians; Hebrew Catholicism in modern
Israel; the Vatican, Israel, Palestinian Christians and Jerusalem;
the Intifada and Palestinian Christian identity; Palestinian
Christians and liberation theology; the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
of Jerusalem - Church-State politics in the Holy Land;
indigenisation and contextualisation - the example of the Anglican
and Presbyterian Churches in the Holy Land; Jewish fundamentalism;
Jewish-Muslim encounter; Jerusalem, the Holy City; a possible way
to share Jerusalem in peace; and reflections on the future of
Christianity in the Holy Land itself, from a Latin Patriarch of
Jerusalem. Contributors include: Anthony O'Mahony, David Mark
Neuhaus SJ, Leon Menzies Racionzer, Drew Christiansen SJ, Leonard
Marsh, Sotiris Roussos, Michael Marten, Nur Masalha, Rob Johnson,
Charles H Miller, Bard Maeland, David Kitching, Archbishop Michel
Sabbah
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