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Whose Holy Land?

Whose Holy Land? LE O N A R D MA R SH P A L E ST IA N C H R IST IA N T H E O L O G Y A S A N E W A N D C O N T E M P O R A R Y E X P R E SSIO N O F E A ST E R N C H R IST IA N T H O U G H T The creation of the state of Israel 1948 and the ensug dislocation and dilemmas facg the Palestian Christian community have brought about a remarkable emergence of an origal and creative theology of liberation. These Christian theological reflections from Jerusalem and the Holy Land are important developments enlargg our understandg of Christianity as a global tradition. Palestian Liberation Theology has developed out of the Palestian Christian experience, above all a history of expulsion and occupation. The impact of what Palestians refer to as Al-Nakba (The Catastrophe) is exemplified by a leadg Palestian writer, Father Elias Chacour (b. 1939). Father Chacour is a Greek Catholic priest who chronicled his personal experience of beg forced as a child from Biram, a village http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in World Christianity Edinburgh University Press

Whose Holy Land?

Marsh, Leonard
Studies in World Christianity , Volume 15 (3): 276 – Dec 1, 2009
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Edinburgh University Press
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© Edinburgh University Press, 2009
Subject
Philosophy and Religion
ISSN
1354-9901
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1750-0230
DOI
10.3366/E1354990109000628
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LE O N A R D MA R SH P A L E ST IA N C H R IST IA N T H E O L O G Y A S A N E W A N D C O N T E M P O R A R Y E X P R E SSIO N O F E A ST E R N C H R IST IA N T H O U G H T The creation of the state of Israel 1948 and the ensug dislocation and dilemmas facg the Palestian Christian community have brought about a remarkable emergence of an origal and creative theology of liberation. These Christian theological reflections from Jerusalem and the Holy Land are important developments enlargg our understandg of Christianity as a global tradition. Palestian Liberation Theology has developed out of the Palestian Christian experience, above all a history of expulsion and occupation. The impact of what Palestians refer to as Al-Nakba (The Catastrophe) is exemplified by a leadg Palestian writer, Father Elias Chacour (b. 1939). Father Chacour is a Greek Catholic priest who chronicled his personal experience of beg forced as a child from Biram, a village

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Studies in World Christianity – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Dec 1, 2009

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