Department of Comparative Religion
Subject: The Theological Discourse about the Promised Land: The Influence of Palestinian Liberation Theology on Contemporary Christian Thought
Supervisor: Professor Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony
Abstract: In my dissertation I shall track the changes in Western Christian Theology that occurred in the recent decades concerning the Promised Land, and the influence on these changes of Palestinian Christian theologians such as Michel Sabbach, Naim Ateek and Mitri Raheb and the Kairos Palestine Document on these changes. I shall analyze the theological discourse about the Promised Land in the Protestant world in North America and Europe, in the Catholic Church and in the World Council of Churches. Thus, I hope to gain a better understanding of the intricate interactions between Christian theologies and traditions and political activism in a global, pluralistic world – especially in contexts of political conflict.
Short Bio: I completed a BA in Comparative Religion and Arabic Language and Literature studies in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem an MA in Comparative Religion. In my Ma thesis I focus on the connection between theology and politics and identity, as it is manifested in the exegesis by the Holy Scripts of three theologians from the "Palestinian Liberation Theology", as well as by the creators of "Kairus Palestine". At the same time, I was involved in a number of projects promoting inter-religious dialogue in Israel.
Presidential Stipend 2017/18