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Article: Old wine in new bottles: liberation theology and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict *.(Report)
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- Journal of Ecumenical Studies
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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Liberation theology is a new arrival in the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Though the roots of this conflict precede the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 by decades, only recently have Christian thinkers who have been influenced by the ideas of liberation theology become engaged in the dispute. Although liberation theology developed in an entirely different context, it has emerged as a central method of theological discourse among Palestinian Christians and non-Palestinian Christians who support the Palestinian cause. It furnishes an ideology of resistance and sympathy with the downtrodden that has proved popular ...