Charles P. Lutz is a retired journalist and is coordinator in Minnesota of Churches for Middle East Peace, a coalition of 20 national church policy agencies. He writes and speaks frequently on matters of faith and politics involving Israel and Palestine and has frequently visited the Holy Land with groups of concerned Christians. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Robert O. Smith is an ELCA pastor currently serving as area program director for the Middle East and North Africa in the global mission unit of the Churchwide Organization. He is based in Jerusalem.
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Preface Introduction What's So Special about This Space? Politics, Faiths, and Fundamentalisms Division in the Christian Family The Call to ActionAppendix: Whose Land Is It? Resources Notes Index of Scripture Index of Subjects and Names
"This book is an important addition to the beginning witness of Christians who, while fighting anti-Semitism, struggle also for the freedom of the Palestinian people." -- Marc H. Ellis "University Professor and Director, Center for American & Jewish Studies, Baylor University"