Mapping Exile and Return
Palestinian Dispossession and a Political Theology for a Shared Future
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Denominations, Shakers, Church, Church & State, Theology
| Author: | Alain Epp Weaver | ISBN: | 9781451479683 |
| Publisher: | Fortress Press | Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alain Epp Weaver |
| ISBN: | 9781451479683 |
| Publisher: | Fortress Press |
| Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press |
| Language: | English |
One of the most persistent, if vexing, issues is the state of affairs in the ancient land of Palestine. Palestinian Christians bear the enormous brunt of suffering and dispossession in the current situation, and are burdened even more by Christian political appropriation of Zionism. Through an analysis of Palestinian refugee mapping practices for returning to their homeland, Alain Epp Weaver argues against the political theology embedded in Zionist cartographic practices that refuse and eliminate all evidence of co-existence, and offers a political theology of redrawing the territory compatible with a bi-national vision for a shared Palestinian-Israeli future.
One of the most persistent, if vexing, issues is the state of affairs in the ancient land of Palestine. Palestinian Christians bear the enormous brunt of suffering and dispossession in the current situation, and are burdened even more by Christian political appropriation of Zionism. Through an analysis of Palestinian refugee mapping practices for returning to their homeland, Alain Epp Weaver argues against the political theology embedded in Zionist cartographic practices that refuse and eliminate all evidence of co-existence, and offers a political theology of redrawing the territory compatible with a bi-national vision for a shared Palestinian-Israeli future.
