The Christian Communities Of Jerusalem And The Holy Land

Author : Anthony O'Mahony
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Communities of Jerusalem and the Holy Land written by Anthony O'Mahony and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian presence in Jerusalem has always been diverse and cosmopolitan, encompassing numerous churches representative of ecclesiastical traditions older than many nation states and ethnic groups. Indeed, the city's various Christian communities are administered by three Patriarchs, five Catholic patriarchal vicars, four archbishops and two Protestant bishops. From the end of the Crusader period onwards, these communities have come under the rule of numerous political entities, from the Ottoman Empire through to the British Mandatory Administration and the modern states of Jordan and Israel. The complex interaction of religion and politics, and the involvement of Christians in politics, has been a constant theme in the religious culture of Jerusalem. The essays collected here provide a comprehensive historical, religious and political survey of the Christian communities of modern Jerusalem. Individual essays deal with topics ranging from church-state relations to women missionaries and various expressions of Eastern and Western Christian presence and, taken as a whole, offer a fascinating overview of Christianity in the Holy Land at the beginning of a new century.

Author : David B. Burrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices from Jerusalem written by David B. Burrell and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Stimulus book." Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Walter Zander
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel and the Holy Places of Christendom written by Walter Zander and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1971 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six appendices of primary sources from the period of the early Church to the British Mandate, including documents by Saint Gregory of Nyssa and Saint Bernard of Clarivaux.

Author : Michael P. Prior
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christians in the Holy Land written by Michael P. Prior and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anthony O'Mahony
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christian Heritage in the Holy Land written by Anthony O'Mahony and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gunter Stemberger
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567230503
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jews and Christians in the Holy Land written by Gunter Stemberger and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth century is often referred to as the first Christian century, and for the Jews a period of decline and persecution. But was this change really so immediate and irreversible? What was the real impact of the Christianisation of the Roman Empire on the Jews, especially in their own land?Stemberger draws on all available sources, literary and archaeological, Christian as well as pagan and Jewish, to reconstruct the history of the different religious communities of Palestine in the fourth century.This book demonstrates how lively, creative and resourceful the Jewish communities remained.

Author : Ora Limor
Publisher : Brepols Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christians and Christianity in the Holy Land written by Ora Limor and published by Brepols Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume fills a major desideratum in historical scholarship on the religious history of the Holy Land. It presents a synthesis of our knowledge of the history of Christianity and the various churches that coexisted there from the beginnings of Christianity to the fall of the Crusader Kingdoms. It also offers analytical studies of major topics and problems. While the first part is organized chronologically, the second follows a thematic plan, dealing with the major themes pertaining to the topic, from various points of view and covering several disciplinary fields: History, Theology, Archaeology, and Art History. The volume represents the outcome of an international project initiated by Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi of Jerusalem, and the contributors are leading experts in their fields.

Author : Betty Bailey
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0304704660
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Stones Pilgrimage written by Betty Bailey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Holy Land has always had a magnetic attraction for Christians. Every year, hundreds of thousands tread the crowded streets of Jerusalem, or walk by the quiet waters of Galilee. There are hundreds of guidebooks deisgned for pilgrims and other visitors. The encounter with the stones which Jesus saw and touched has been, for many, a powerful spiritual experience. But the Christian presence is not just history. There are living, worshipping Christian communities in the Holy Land today. This unique guidebook is designed to help you encounter those communities, and to walk, talk and pray with contemporary Christians in Israel, the Palestinian and Occupied Territories; the 'living stones' os the book's title. Written half a century after the creation of the state of Israel, with the co-operation of all the Christian traditions in the Holy Land, it is a key companion for visitors who want to share for a while the thoughts and the life, witness and pressence of those who now live the faith of the apostles in this troubled land.

Author : Richard C. Lux
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809146321
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewish People, the Holy Land, and the State of Israel written by Richard C. Lux and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over forty years have passed since the 1965 Second Vatican Council's groundbreaking declaration Nostra Aetate, which promoted an ongoing and necessary relationship between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people. Gathering together the fruits of this interreligious dialogue, Richard C. Lux reflects on future possibilities and new directions for this relationship by considering the religious significance of the Holy Land. This presentation includes an historical overview that traces important developments, a paradigmatic shift in understanding to resolve the two-covenant versus one-covenant model of the Jewish-Christian relationship, the significance of the Holy Land for Palestinian Christians and Palestinian Muslims, and new ways in thinking about a theological model, for the modern State of Israel. Stimulus Books are made possible by the generous support of the Stimulus Foundation for the publication of books to further the mutual understanding between Jews and Christians. Book jacket.

Author : Anthony O'Mahony
Publisher : Gracewing
ISBN 13 : 9780852446461
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book Christianity and Jerusalem written by Anthony O'Mahony and published by Gracewing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHRISTIANITY IN THE HOLY LAND has found its presence significantly challenged for much of the twentieth century and the whole of the first decade of the twenty-first, from war, interreligious and ethnic conflict, emigration, and a fragmented ecclesiology. As a sacred city Jerusalem has a global significance: for Muslims the Haram-al-Sharif is a symbol of victory; for Jews the Wailing Wall a symbol of loss; and for Christians the Holy Sepulchre a symbol of victory through loss. Theology and politics have interacted in this sacred story. Political theologies remain at least implicit in the histories of all major faith communities: Jewish, Christian and Muslim. For Christianity the Holy Land is not only of local significance, but is of importance to the identity of the two-and-a-half-billion-strong world community of churches which make up Christendom. The contributors to this volume have undertaken a wide-ranging historical, political and theological enquiry into the Christian presence in modern Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The chapters have an ecumenical, even interreligious, instinct and focus. The political landscape is ever changing and, while severely threatening the Christian presence in the Holy Land, continuously challenges and demands a Christian response. The primary responsibility for articulating this Christian response to the political and religious questions has in practice lain with the Christians of the Holy Land, however it cannot be solely their burden. This book bears witness to an ongoing theological reflection whilst its immediate concern in the contemporary significance of Jerusalem has a much wider significance. While bearing witness to an ongoing theological reflection, this book's immediate concern with the contemporary significance of Jerusalem has a much wider resonance. It covers a host of themes - Christianity in modern Jerusalem; contemporary Jewish-Israeli views on Christianity and Christians; Hebrew Catholicism in modern Israel; the Vatican, Israel, Palestinian Christians and Jerusalem; the Intifada and Palestinian Christian identity; Palestinian Christians and liberation theology; the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem - Church-State politics in the Holy Land; indigenisation and contextualisation - the example of the Anglican and Presbyterian Churches in the Holy Land; Jewish fundamentalism; Jewish-Muslim encounter; Jerusalem, the Holy City; a possible way to share Jerusalem in peace; and reflections on the future of Christianity in the Holy Land itself, from a Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Contributors include: Anthony O'Mahony, David Mark Neuhaus SJ, Leon Menzies Racionzer, Drew Christiansen SJ, Leonard Marsh, Sotiris Roussos, Michael Marten, Nur Masalha, Rob Johnson, Charles H Miller, Bard Maeland, David Kitching, Archbishop Michel Sabbah