Alain Weaver
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Mapping Exile And Return
$39.00Add to cartContents:
Introduction
1. “Homecoming Is Out Of The Question”: Palestinian Refugee Cartography And Edward Said’s View From Exile
2 Reclaiming The Place Of Exile For Political Theology
3. Kafr Bir’im, Elias Chacour, And The Arboreal Imagination
4 Return Visits To ‘Imwas And The Liturgical Subversion Of Ethnocratic Topology
Mapping The Future: The Promise Of PalimpsestsAdditional Info
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. -
Work Of Jesus Christ In Anabaptist Perspective
$26.95Add to cartHow have Anabaptists traditionally understood the work of Christ? How should Mennonites and other Christians think today about the saving work of God in Jesus’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection? In this book, 20 leading theologians, biblical scholars, pastors, and others offer their reflections.
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Borders And Bridges
$19.95Add to cartConflicts today regularly break out along religious fault lines, whether in Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Sudan, or elsewhere. This volume contains case studies of ways in which Mennonites have contributed to peacebuilding and reconciliation in multi-religious contexts and offers a theological rationale for interfaith collaboration.