Illustrator: None
Format: 216 x 138 mm
Page: 280
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Melisende, UK
Year: 1997
ISBN: 1-901764-00-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-901764-00-0
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This volume contains papers given at a conference held in Jerusalem in 1996 under the auspices of Sabeel Liberation Theology Centre. The conference theme was 'The Significance of Jerusalem for Christians and of Christians for Jerusalem'. Participants came from both Palestine and overseas to discuss this complex and urgent issue.
The aim was to raise the consciousness of the international community about Christian concerns for the future status of the Holy City. Furthermore, it sought, as recorded in this work, to foster relationships and to stand in solidarity with Palestinian Christians at this critical time.
The papers published here cover a wide range of pressing matters. As well as aspects of Christian spirituality and theologies of Jerusalem, the local Christian community's position is examined in terms of its Diaspora, demographic changes, heritage, and the allocation of land and environmental degradation. Not only is there emphasis on the complexity of the problem but this work also expresses a prophetic vision for a just and lasting peace in Palestine.
Contributors
Anba Abraham
Nazmi Al-Jubeh
Naim Ateek
Lynda Brayer
Elias Chacour
Salpy Eskidjian
John Esposito
Munir Fasheh
Sami Geraisy
Harry Hagopian
Usama Halabi
Atallah Hanna
Kevork Hintilian
Leonardo Hosh
Ruth Hummel
Jad Isaac
Samir Kafity
Geries Khoury
Maroun Lahham
Eileen Lindner
Camille Mansour
Johnny Mansour
Boulus Marcuzzo
Ibrahim Matar
Ibtisam Mu'allem
Aristarchos Peristeris
Michael Prior
Mitri Raheb
Michel Sabbah
Bernard Sabella
Donald Wagner
Peter Walker
Antonie Wessels
Jean Zaru
Zoughbi Zoughbi
