Articles by Alain Epp Weaver

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Planned obsolescence

The slow death of the two-state solution
May 03, 2003 by Alain Epp Weaver
A viable two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is dying; perhaps it is already dead. This reality should prompt new theological and political analysis among Christians and others who yearn for justice, peace and security for Palestinians and Israelis.
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Right of return

Can the Palestinians go home?

May 02, 2001 by Alain Epp Weaver

In the Jubilee vision of Leviticus 25, the dispossessed and disenfranchised are allowed to return to their ancestral homes every 50 years. More than 50 years have passed since the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe of 1948, in which 700,000 Palestinians became refugees and hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed by Israeli troops.

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The Pacifist Option, by Alexander Webster

Aug 30, 2000 reviewed by Alain Epp Weaver

In the ecumenical conversation on war and peace, the voice of Orthodox Christianity has too often gone underrepresented.

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Questioning birthright Israel

Issues of Jewish identity

Aug 02, 2000 by Alain Epp Weaver

This summer thousands of high school and college-age Jewish youth have been descending on Israel. These students are participating in the Birthright Israel program, established by philanthropists Charles Bronfman and Michael Steinhardt.

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Two Kingdoms, Two Loyalties, by Perry Bush

Jan 05, 2000 reviewed by Alain Epp Weaver

Perry Bush has set himself a daunting task: to tell the story of Mennonite pacifism from World War I through Vietnam. Drastic theological shifts, the expansion of denominational bureaucracies in response to wartime pressures, the experiences of individual draftees: all are part of this complex narrative.

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Manipulated protest

Mosque dispute in Nazareth

Dec 22, 1999 by Alain Epp Weaver

For two November days, pilgrims were turned away from major Christian shrines throughout Palestine-Israel. Church doors were closed to protest Israel's decision to allow construction of a mosque next to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth.

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Drop-out Christianity

The religious right's sectarian future?

Mar 17, 1999 by Alain Epp Weaver

Is the religious right becoming sectarian? That was the question I found myself asking after Paul Weyrich, one of the founding fathers of the Moral Majority, recently called on Christians to "drop out" of American culture. "I believe that we have probably lost the culture war," Weyrich lamented.