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My Top 5 Books on Israel & Palestine
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Blood Brothers |
Perhaps no book in English has opened the thorny problem of struggle and reconciliation in Galilee to more people than Chacour's personal story, told from the perspective of a Galilean native. This is always the first book I offer someone who wants to explore the roots of the conflict and hear personal stories of what it has meant for Christians living there.
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Whose Promised Land?: The Continuing Crisis over Israel and Palestine |
A poignant and compelling history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, told by a British Christian scholar who now resides in Cambridge. Chapman was for many years a professor in Beirut and, thanks to his fluency in Arabic, can see this struggle from the inside unlike many others.
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I Am a Palestinian Christian |
In every part of the world, it is vital to hear the authentic voices of those in the local church. Raheb is a pastor in Bethlehem and one of the leading Christian intellectuals in the Palestinian church. American Christians barely know that a Palestinian church exists; here we can meet one of its pastors.
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On the Road to Armageddon: How Evangelicals Became Israel's Best Friend |
Weber is an evangelical historian who has penned perhaps the most important history of Israel's relationship with the Christian church in America. Winsome, anecdotal, and just plain compelling, Weber tells us why America and its evangelical communities are so ardently pro-Israel.
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Coffins on Our Shoulders: The Experience of the Palestinian Citizens of Israel |
Two sociologists, one Israeli and one Palestinian, tell their personal stories growing up near each other in Haifa. They recount how the history of the last 50 years has utterly shaped their families, their identities, and how they view the world.
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Richard Magnus
Rick, don't sound so aggrieved. You claimed that anyone who doubted Israel's right to depopulate occupied land was against the Word of God - which you misquoted. I merely pointed out the logical incoherence of your position, since God himself expelled Israel for disobedience. And orthodox, historic Christian doctrine - what you dismiss as "replacement theology" - had little to do with "anti-semitism." Anti-semitism came from European reaction to statements in the Talmud that are too profane against Christ and gentiles to be repeated, as well as Jews' role as tax collectors for harsh European kings. We can't address anti-semitism until we're truthful about history.
Rick Dalbey
Ahhh, I get it. After doing some more reading, I discover that Gary Burge guy is an anti-Israel zealot. Thanks for letting us know CT. Burge serves on the board of Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding, an ongoing campaign to neutralize pro-Israel evangelicals. Burge was also prominent in the 2010 film “With God on Our Side,” which targeted evangelical audiences, and which aimed to caricature Christian Zionists as end-times zealots indifferent to Palestinian suffering. He is a crusader for trying to shift evangelicals away from their typically pro-Israel stance. He represents the Evangelical left who is critical of American nationalism as well as Israeli nationalism. All five books naturally tout a pro-Palestinian perspective to varying degrees. Evidently a book offering the Jewish experience did not merit attention. So who was the CT editor that gave him a platform?
Rick Dalbey
So why does Christianity Today give a Replacement Theology guy a platform and allow him to reccommend 5 books, all supporting his hatred of Israel without any warning note? Replacement Theology was the basis of Nazi anti-semitism. Hitler was an ardent Catholic preterist. Come on, Christianity Today, you are better than that. And of course the site attracts commenters who hate the state of Israel and if you disagree, tell you that you hate God. Gee Willikers.