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Christians are called to be peacemakers in a world rife with conflict, but how should Christians respond when the source of strife is not outside the church but within it?
Built on an in-depth analysis of three Palestinian church splits, this text examines the cultural and theological implications of intra-church conflict in Arab evangelical communities in Israel. Translating Miroslav Volf’s formative theology of reconciliation into her contemporary Palestinian context, Dr Rula Khoury Mansour provides a critical evaluation of both Volf’s theory and Palestinian peacemaking models. Through her research and analysis, Dr Mansour develops a Middle Eastern theology of reconciliation and encourages congregations around the world to develop greater cultural and theological awareness in their quest to experience lasting peace within their churches and wider communities.

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	31 janvier 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783687992
Langue	English

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The theology of Croatian thinker Miroslav Volf is reaching a high level of recognition and acceptance among Christian theologians in different parts of the world. Volf’s theology is in a way biblical reflection on practice by a Christian who has experienced the conflicts of the break of a nation followed by a cruel war. This book by Palestinian evangelical Rula Khoury Mansour is a valuable effort of an insider researcher to use Volf’s theology as a frame of reference in order to understand church conflicts in her country and respond to them from a pastoral and contextual perspective. Here we have a helpful analysis of internal church conflicts within an ethnically and socially conflictive situation and also a pastoral response based on a relevant theological proposal. I hope that Dr Khoury Mansour’s methodology and conclusions will inspire similar efforts to understand conflicts and respond pastorally to them in other conflictive areas of the world today.
Samuel Escobar
Emeritus Professor of Missiology,
Palmer Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, USA
In 1996 Miroslav Volf in his book Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation offered the church a good service by calling it to understand the metaphor of salvation as reconciliation. In reality, it is God’s call to the church to realize its task to be an agent of peace and reconciliation as it serves in the midst of fragmented societies. Dr Khoury Mansour has taken that call forward to apply it to a complicated Middle Eastern context where splits and strife are, unfortunately, part of our daily life. She approaches the topic not just with deep sociological and theological interaction but also with much compassion and sensitivity. Her arguments and conclusions will prove to be helpful and applicable beyond the Middle Eastern context. This monograph is a must-read to all who are interested in effectively contributing to human flourishing in which peace and reconciliation play such a pivotal role. I am also delighted that Dr Khoury Mansour is the first female Langham Graduate from the MENA region, and I am hoping that she will be the first among many female scholars to follow her steps in the near future.
Riad Kassis, PhD
Director, Langham Scholars
In this work, Dr Khoury Mansour joins a plethora of gifted women theologians whose impact is glocal. She honors the Prince of Peace in his homeland as she addresses church conflicts among Palestinian Baptist churches in the Holy Land. In the footsteps of Jesus of Nazareth she masterfully provides an inspiring and challenging theology of reconciliation engaging both Palestinian culture as well as the theology of Miroslav Volf. Her theoretical and practical insights combine western and eastern discussions into an informative, inspiring, and challenging discourse that calls us to be a community of forgivers and agents of reconciliation. I strongly recommend this book for pastors and theologians, as well as readers interested in reconciliation.
Rev Yohanna Katanacho, PhD
Academic Dean,
Nazareth Evangelical College, Israel
In this original book, Dr Khoury Mansour presents a composite, culturally sensitive model of conflict transformation. She gives an extensive ethnographic documentation of one case study – the Palestinian Baptist churches, who suffer from recurring splits – alongside close examination of three models of conflict resolution that have direct bearing to it – theological, cultural, and legal-secular. She then turns to do a cultural translation of Volf’s theological model by using core elements from the other two, to make it relevant to the context at hand. Beyond the thick, multi-layered analysis of one particular intra-church conflict, this book provides an important inspiration to those seeking to promote peace and reconciliation within and across communities.
Amalia Sa’ar, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology,
University of Haifa, Israel
This is an innovative and compelling book on conflict and reconciliation in church. It is based on close ethnographic research and careful theological analysis, and its author has extensive experience both as a public prosecutor and an active church member. A unique and exemplary book.
Miroslav Volf, Dr Theol Habil
Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology,
Yale Divinity School, Connecticut, USA
Founder and Director, Yale Center for Faith and Culture

Theology of Reconciliation in the Context of Church Relations
A Palestinian Christian Perspective in Dialogue with Miroslav Volf
Rula Khoury Mansour

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To:
The Arabic church
All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18

For:
My sons
The world tells us to seek success, power and money; God tells us to seek humility, service and love.
– Pope Francis
Contents

Cover

Abstract

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Research Question

1.2 Palestinian Evangelicals in Israel: A Threefold Minority

1.3 Palestinian Arab Culture

1.4 Church Conflict

1.5 Theology of Reconciliation

1.6 Plan of the Thesis

Chapter 2 Methodology

2.1 Theoretical Framework and Epistemological Perspective

2.2 Choice of Qualitative Methodology and Methods Used in the Study

2.3 Research Plan

2.4 Content Analysis

2.5 Research Ethics

2.6 My Own Position in the Field

2.7 Reflexivity

Chapter 3 The Environment of the Palestinian Baptist Churches in Israel

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The Environment of the Palestinian Baptist Churches Before the Missionaries’ Departure (1911–1990)

3.3 The Environment of the Palestinian Baptist Churches after the Missionaries’ Departure (1990–2016)

3.4 Statistics of Splits and Exits in the Baptist Churches in Israel

3.5 Conclusion

Chapter 4 The Nature and Causes of Church Conflict in Three Case Studies of Palestinian Baptist Churches in Israel

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Historical Background of the Three Churches and Their Conflicts

4.3 Primary Factors Contributing to the Conflicts

4.4 Secondary Factors Contributing to the Conflicts

4.5 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Conflict Management Practices in Three Cases of Palestinian Baptist Churches in Israel

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Cultural Models: Tension between Sulha and Alternative-Legal Approaches

5.3 Christian Approach: Tension between Traditional Palestinian Churches and Western-Baptist Approaches

5.4 Local Palestinian Baptists’ Conflict Management Practices in the Three Case Studies

5.5 Conclusion

Chapter 6 Theology of Remembrance

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Volf’s Theology of Remembrance

6.3 Remembrance in the Case Studies

6.4 Challenges and Recommendati