Mitri Raheb

Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, The People, The Bible - New York: Orbis Books, 2023 - 166 p., 21 cm

1. Settler Colonialism, Palestine, and the Bible -- 2. Christian Zionism -- 3. The Land, the Bible, and Settler Colonialism -- 4. Chosen People?

"Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological concepts –Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking about Palestine. Decolonizing Palestine is a timely book that builds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights to place traditional theological themes within the wider socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by the modern nation-state of Israel. Written by a native Palestinian Christian theologian who continues to live in the region, Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective that disrupts hegemonic and imperialist narratives about the region." --Provided by publisher.

9781626985490


Christianity and politics--Palestine
Christian Zionism
Settler colonialism--Palestine
Decolonization--Palestine
Theological discourse--Decolonization


Palestine--Palestine in the Bible