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Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour
Blood Brothers is roughly one-third personal memoir, one-third history lesson and one-third a meditation on peace. It takes as its central theme the dangers when outside forces stress and forcibly disrupt a community’s peace. This done by disregarding its inherent dynamic. Chacour was born in pre-partition Palestine isn 1937 and retired in 2014 as an Archbishop of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in post-partition Palestine. He seems uniquely qualified to both describe and address the issues facing Palestine…
Martin Luther and the Jews
Martin Luther and the Jews Martin Luther is a hero who comes with baggage. He is one of the most influential theologians of world history. His ideas kicked off the Reformation and he took on the pope and the medieval church and he lived to tell the tale. But he has also a dark side. Especially in his writings about the Jews he decends into the netherworld of hate and injustice. Christians have always been puzzled by the fact that…
The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace
Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians and Muslims. The Tent of Abraham written by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Sister Joan Chittister and Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti. All of the authors are leaders in their religious faiths. Their intent is to reenergize the story of Abraham as a basis for peace. They explore in accessible language the mythic quality and the teachings of reconciliation found in the Torah, the Qur’an, and the Bible. They explore many proactive questions. Which son did Abraham…