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Shalom/Salaam/Peace - A Liberation Theology of Hope (Paperback)
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Shalom/Salaam/Peace - A Liberation Theology of Hope (Paperback)
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From the first chapters overview of the historical, scriptural and
theological rationale for the present situation in
Israel/Palestine, the author leads us through the realities of life
in Israel/Palestine with its politics, wars, security wall,
settlements and ongoing struggles between the Palestinians and the
Israelis. The ownership of land, water rights, human rights and
religious rights are among the main issues that weave through this
book---a book which is about two peoples and three religions
struggling for their very survival. Lifted up for us are examples
of key figures who are promoting peace and justice---some at the
cost of their lives.The second chapter offers Liberation Theology
as a viable way to bring peace in Israeli/Palestinian. From the
Exodus, the author leads the reader through the history of
Liberation Theology---its establishment within the Roman Catholic
Church at Vatican Two in Rome in 1962-1965 and the reality of Base
Christian Communities (Communidades de Base) as seen, particularly,
in El Salvador and Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras in the
1980s. Liberation Theology as it has developed and been lived in
Israel/Palestine is then examined. As with Israel/Palestine the
book looks at examples of key figures who are presently promoting
peace and justice, again, some at the cost of their lives.The
indigenous Christian community in Israel/Palestine (which has been
reduced to a minority of between one to two percent) is lifted up
as a people of hope for the area. With the ongoing violence from
the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), who routinely bulldoze homes and
make air attacks upon civilians while searching for terrorists, and
the extremist Palestinian Muslims whohave bombed buses, cafes and
markets in their suicide bombings, the Palestinian Christians are
the only ones who have not yet resorted to violence. They have
managed to maintain a non-violent stance, out of their faith base,
as they have been forced out of their homes and villages and towns
and cities and had restrictions imposed upon them by the Israeli
government. Those who are leading the Christian community in this
non-violent stance and those who are living out this way of life
are seen as the Davids of this time, in this place. Be they
indigenous Palestinian Christians or International witnesses and
supporters of peace, or Jewish or Muslim peace seekers---all are
given as examples of what is possible in an impossible situation.
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