{"id":1321,"date":"2012-05-29T10:44:13","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=1321"},"modified":"2012-05-29T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T16:46:15","slug":"bishop-munib-younans-new-book-our-shared-witness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/bishop-munib-younans-new-book-our-shared-witness\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Munib Younan’s New Book: Our Shared Witness"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Rt. Rev. Bishop Munib Younan, President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF)\u00a0and Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL)\u00a0has written a new book called OurShared Witness: A Voice for Justice and Reconciliation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Bishop Younan is known as\u00a0a bridge-builder,\u00a0an ambassador of reconciliation,\u00a0a prophetic voice and\u00a0an advocate for justice, peace, and non-violence.<\/p>\n

In the world in which he lives \u2013 where Palestinians struggle for life and coexistence with their neighbor Israelies \u2013 one might imagine that despair and hopelessness dominate. However, in reading Bishop Younan\u2019s writings readers will find unending hope for a future of peace and goodwill, along with an optimistic determination to be part of the solution for this troubled Holy Land.<\/p>\n

This collection of writings, speeches, and sermons reveals Bishop Younan\u2019s context, his perspective, and his hope. Readers will find his theology to be contextual\u2014deeply rooted in his daily reality as a Palestinian Christian \u2014while at the same time being universal, offering insights and principles that apply to other situations in vastly different parts of the world. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Order his book at http:\/\/www.lutheranupress.org\/Books\/Our_Shared_Witness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nTable of Contents<\/h2>\n

Biographical Sketch <\/em>
\nForeword <\/em>
\n<\/em>
\nPart One: The Life and Work of Lutherans in the Holy Land<\/strong> <\/em>
\nThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Adapting to a Changing Environment while Drawing Strength<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 from Deep Christian Roots <\/em>
\nLutheran Interest in the Middle East: A Historical Survey <\/em>
\nFifty Years of Living Witness and Creative Diakonia\u00a0<\/em>
\nWord for Graduates of ELCJHL Schools <\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Part Two: Messages of Reconciliation for a World of Division<\/strong> <\/em>
\n<\/em>
\nJustice, Reconciliation, and Hope: United for God\u2019s Mission <\/em>
\nReforming Luther: Toward a Prophetic Interfaith Dialogue<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Among Christians, Jews, and Muslims\u00a0<\/em>
\nGive Us Today Our Daily Bread <\/em>
\nWhat\u2019s Lutheran about Health Care? Insights from Martin Luther <\/em>
\nEcumenism Is Reconciliation in the Middle East and in the World <\/em>
\nJerusalem Today and Tomorrow: Four Visions <\/em>
\nWhat Does the Lord Require of Us? A Vision of Peace through Justice <\/em>
\nThe Church\u2019s Commitment to Non-Violence<\/em>
\nBring Religion Back to the Front Lines of Peace<\/em>
\nThe Role of Religion in the Middle East <\/em>
\nWhy Lutherans Should Recognize Interfaith Harmony Week<\/em>
\nA Suggestion for Christian\u2013Muslim Dialogue<\/em><\/p>\n

Part Three: Sermons about Love for Neighbor and Reconciliation<\/strong> <\/em>
\n
\nFear not! (Luke 2:10) <\/em>
\nLiving Stones (1 Peter 2:5) <\/em>
\nReformed for Costly Discipleship and C<\/em>reative Diakonia <\/em>
\nWith Eyes and Ears on Jesus (Matthew 17:1-9) <\/em>
\nJesus\u2019 Strategy Session for the Early Church (John 14:1-14) <\/em>
\nI Am the Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25) <\/em>
\nOne in the Apostles\u2019 Teaching (Acts 2:42) <\/em>
\nLiving as the Children of Light (Ephesians 5:8) <\/em>
\nWelcoming the Stranger (Matthew 25:31-46) <\/em>
\nChrist\u2013the Hope of the World (Ephesians 1:15-23) <\/em>
\nPlanting a Tree for the Future (Genesis 8:11) <\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/p>\n

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