Christians and a Land Called Holy: How We Can Foster Justice, Peace and Hope

by Charles P. Lutz, Robert O. Smith

Overview

Fair-minded and sympathetic to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian concerns, Lutz and Smith provide a clear account of the Israeli-Palestinian situation and a compelling plea for Christian involvement in the area. Carefully sorting out the tangled historical and religious roots of the problems, they reveal the strong forces at work in the conflict and lay out the driving biblical notions of election and covenant, the historical causes of the bitter and divisive clashes of the last 50 years, the complex demographic and political issues today, how Palestinians (particularly Christians) have been affected by the turmoil, and how, finally, Christians must engage the future of justice and peace. Includes maps and twelve black and white photos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800637842
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	12/22/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Charles P. Lutz is a retired journalist and is coordinator in Minnesota of Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition of 20 national church policy agencies. He writes and speaks frequently on matters of faith and politics involving Israel and Palestine and has frequently visited the Holy Land with groups of concerned Christians. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Robert O. Smith is an ELCA pastor currently serving as area program director for the Middle East and North Africa in the global mission unit of the Churchwide Organization. He is based in Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

What's So Special about This Space?

Politics, Faiths, and Fundamentalisms

Division in the Christian Family

The Call to ActionAppendix: Whose Land Is It?

Resources

Notes

Index of Scripture

Index of Subjects and Names