Michael C. Gizzi & Cary Nelson 
Peace and Faith [EPUB ebook] 
Christian Churches and The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Preface

INTRODUCTION: The Political and Theological Foundations of Christian Engagement with the Jewish State

PART ONE: THE HOLY LAND AND THE POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEF
1.    Edward Kessler, “Christianity, Jews, and Judaism”
2.    Amy-Jill Levine, “The Gospel and the Land Revisited: Exegesis, Hermeneutics, and Politics”
3.    Daniel Friedman, “American Christianity, Israel, and the US Presidency”
4.    Giovanni Matteo Quer, “Catholic Organizations and the Delegitimization of Israel”
5.    Jonathan Rynhold, “Evangelicals and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”
6.    C. K. Robertson, “Complexity and Contention: Four Decades of The Episcopal Church’s Responses to the Palestine-Israel Question”
7.    Robert A. Cathey, “Where We Live, What We Believe: Thinking Contextually with Ateek, Raheb, and Gregerman about Israel/Palestine”
8.    David Fox Sandmel, “The Kairos Palestine Document, Anti-Semitism, and BDS”
9.    John Kampen, “Assessing the 2017 Mennonite Resolution on Israel/Palestine”

  PART TWO: BOYCOTT CAMPAIGNS IN THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA
10.  Daniel Friedman, “Battle for The Holy Land(s): The Evolution of American Protestant Polarization on Israel and Palestine”
11.  John Wimberly and William Harter, “When the PCUSA Began to Mirror the Middle East”
12.  Michael C. Gizzi, “Zionism Unsettled and the 2014 PCUSA Battles over Divestment”
13.  Cary Nelson, “A Critical Reading of Zionism Unsettled, Its Antecedents, and Its Legacy”

PART THREE: RECONCILIATION—GUIDEPOSTS FOR THE FUTURE
14.  Susan Andrews, “Spiritual Siblings Sharing Sacred Space: A Pastor’s Reflection”
15.  Michael C. Gizzi, “Reconciliation, Shared Society, and Co-existence Efforts between Israelis and Palestinians: An Overview”
16.  Cary Nelson, “A Reconciliation Roadmap”

APPENDIX
David Fox Sandmel, “Preface to a Timeline: A Brief History of Anti-Semitism”
Cary Nelson, “Annotated Timeline of Jewish/Christian Relations and the History of Anti-Judaism”

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
INDEX

Cary Nelson is Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, a former president of the American Association of University Professors, and current chair
of the Alliance for Academic Freedom. He is the author or editor of 35 books, most recently Israel
Denial: Anti-Zionist, Anti-Semitism, & The Faculty Campaign Against the Jewish State.