Join us for Episode 3 of the @pcusa Confronting Christian Zionism webinar series on Sept 19 at 12pm ET!
Featuring Cynthia Holder Rich, moderator, and panelists Mitri Raheb, Jermaine Ross-Allam and Laurie Lyter Bright.
by the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church Israel/Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) (theipmn.org)
In this third and final webinar we turn to how this flawed theology manifests in today’s oft-highly politicized faith practices.
Christian nationalism, whether in the US or in other global contexts, brings together two seemingly unrelated identities—one’s faith in Jesus and one’s citizenship in a nation state—and grants these equal importance in a person’s life. In the US, Christian nationalism powerfully motivates some Christians, including some Presbyterians, to see the modern state of Israel as the homeland of God’s chosen people, which can move people to exclude any consideration of compassion for the indigenous Palestinians who, according to Christian nationalists and Christian Zionists, are living on land that is not theirs.
Additionally, for US Christians, discomfort about painful parts of US history as a settler colonial state too often move us to ignore settler colonial acts in our modern time—particularly those of the modern state of Israel, seen through a Christian Zionist lens as one and the same as the ancient Israel referenced in the Bible.
The 226th General Assembly of the PC(USA) approved several overtures dealing with these topics. The call for study materials to understand these terms was affirmed. What are the realities on the ground in the U.S., Asia, South Africa, and South America that support a settler colonial ideology for Israel? Further, US believers must reckon with the reality that the person we elect as US president impacts issues, communities, and millions of people around the world who have no voice or vote here. This includes the potential for a just peace in Israel and Palestine. Webinar speakers will explore these topics in depth
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