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- Title
UPDATING THE ANCIENT INFRASTRUCTURE OF CHRISTIAN CONTEMPT: SABEEL.
- Authors
Van Zile, Dexter
- Abstract
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center headquartered in Jerusalem, has been a persistent source of anti-Zionist agitation in mainline Protestant churches in the United States since its founding in 1994. The organization subjects Israel, Jews, and Judaism to intense scrutiny while remaining nearly silent about Arab andMuslim extremism in the Middle East. In addition to publicizing the writings of its founder, Anglican priest Naim Ateek, Sabeel broadcasts its message via regional conferences in the United States and regular study missions to Israel. Far-left American and israeli Jews are given prominent display at Sabeel conferences, where Israelis held up to a strict biblical standard ofconduct while its adversaries are held to no standard at all. By giving its followers the sense that they are engaging in a showdown with the forces ofevil embodied by Israel and its U.S supporters, Sabeel reenacts the church-synagogue rivalry documented in early Christian writings.
- Subjects
JERUSALEM; UNITED States; SABEEL Liberation Theology Center (Jerusalem); ZIONISM; PROTESTANT churches; RADICALISM &; religion; ATEEK, Naim; ANGLICAN priests
- Publication
Jewish Political Studies Review, 2011, Vol 23, Issue 1/2, p7
- ISSN
0792-335X
- Publication type
Article