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A groundbreaking collection of essays that will reshape the understanding of Anglicanism's history and influence in Palestine.
The ongoing war in Gaza and broader Middle Eastern violence is prompting scholars to examine the British Empire's colonial legacy in the region and the roles played by the Church of England and The Episcopal Church. The Anglican mission began in Palestine with the creation of an Anglo-Prussian Episcopal See in Jerusalem in 1841. Christian Zionism in England influenced the development of Jewish Zionism and the support for the Balfour Declaration. Yet no book introduces this complex history and brings this to bear on what happens in today’s Palestine. Until now.
Edited by one of the world’s leading Anglican scholars and a former president of the American Academy of Religion—and featuring contributors from across the globe, including Canon Professor Mark Chapman, Dr. Daniel Joslyn-Siemiatkoski, Dr. Miranda Pillay, Rev. Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook, Dr. Fadi Diab, Dr. Thandi Gamedze, and Dr. Gustavo Gilson Sousa de Oliviera—The Anglican Church and Palestine will be a groundbreaking volume. It will trace the history of Anglican and Episcopal missions in Palestine, examine Christian and Jewish Zionism, offer theological and ethical insights into the relationship between religion and conflict, and provide pastoral resources to help churches respond thoughtfully and faithfully to the current crisis.
Praise for The Anglican Tradition from a Postcolonial Perspective
"[This] very clarifying book will contribute to the fulfillment of such a hope." —Journal of Anglican Studies
"This one will be in use for a generation in support of a renewed vision of postcolonial Anglicanism.” —Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, Professor of Practical Theology and Christian Histories, Claremont School of Theology
“Provides hope and understanding to the challenges and changes before the Anglican Communion today.” —Ian T. Douglas, retired Bishop Diocesan of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
"Professor Kwok Pui-lan has once again gathered a diverse, global, group of authors to produce a groundbreaking collection of essays on a crucial topic for the church and the world. With contributions from scholars and church leaders alike, including key Palestinian voices, The Anglican Church and Palestine breaks open the historical, political, and ecclesiological underpinnings of Anglicanism in the Holy Land. This book is required reading for any person of faith who is concerned about the plight of Palestinians and how the church can participate in the struggle for liberation and justice in Palestine."
"This book traces the Anglican Church’s enduring tension between its historical entanglement with empire—an empire that promised Palestine to European Jews—and its rootedness in an indigenous Palestinian Christian community long engaged in the struggle for freedom and self-determination. This fracture, far from being merely historical, continues to reverberate across the Anglican Communion today. A vital contribution to the study of church history, Christian Zionism, and global decolonial movements, the book speaks with urgency and clarity to our present moment. As the ongoing genocide in Palestine makes painfully evident, the questions it raises are not only timely but profoundly necessary.”