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Annotated Bibliography on “Arab Americans and Church”

Hunn Choi

Yohanna Katanacho, “Introduction to the church of the Arabs,” in The Many Faces of Global

 Pentecostalism, eds. Harold D. Hunter and Neil Ormerod (Cleeland, !N" C#! #ress, $%&',&%%)&'.

Yohanna Katanacho concerns about Arab Christians and their contributions to the *lobalchurch. He ho+es to hel+ esterners to distin*uish bet-een Arabism and Islam and em+o-er 

them to loe all the Arabs in li*ht of the fact that the church of the Arabs is full of loe

to-ards their Arab uslim nei*hbors and is full of commitment to +ursue /ustice

noniolentl0.

Anthon0 1. Coo2, “1ncounterin* the Other" 1an*elicalism and !errorism in a #ost 3&& orld,”

 Journal of Law & Religion $% ($%%4" &)'%.

Anthon0 Coo2, +rofessor of la- at the 5eor*eto-n 6a- Center and 7a+tist minister,

-or2in* -ith churches on arious social /ustice initiaties, e8amines the conseratie,moderate and +ro*ressie inter+retie frame-or2s used b0 ean*elical +astors to understand

3&& ad the *oernment9s res+onse to that res+onse. He beliees that there is a relationshi+

 bet-een the inter+retation b0 reli*ious leaders of -hat it means to be a Christian and theChristian9s -illin*ness to see2 understandin* of and reconciliation -ith those outside the

Christian communit0:those -ho are the other. ;or him, the use of these conseratie,

moderate and +ro*ressie frame-or2s mediate the Christian9s inter+retation of 3&& and

im+act the -illin*ness of the Christian to challen*e or een

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the0 are Arab, -hich for some Americans means Muslim and otential terrorist . !he author

e8amines the for*otten histor0 of Arab Christianit0. “#eo+le donFt realiGe that -hen uslims

or Arabic Christians:/ust on the basis of ethnicit0, name, or loo2s:are bein* ta**ed b0*oernment officials, een thou*h -e ourseles donFt e8+erience it, our American identit0,

eer0thin* -e 2ne- to be American, is +oisoned.”

elanie #hilli+s, “?esus -as a #alestinian" !he =eturn of Christian Anti)>emitism,”

Commentary &'"E (?un $%&4" &&)&3.

In this article, elanie #hilli+s deals -ith rene-ed Christian anti)>emitism stemmin* from

anti)ionism, e8aminin* the dar2er side of +ro)#alestinian theolo*0. >he chronicles the

recent rise of militant anti)Israel actiism -ithin ean*elicalism. >he sho-s the man0#rotestant churches9 hostilit0 to-ards Israel. >he finishes -ith the follo-in*" “As Christians

are murdered b0 Islamists across the -orld, some of their churches are directin* their

 +assions else-here. !he0 are busil0 re-ritin* histor0, constructin* a theolo*0 out of *ross +olitical distortion and linin* u+ once a*ain -ith historic forces of unfathomable dar2ness. It

is not /ust the >tate of Israel that is bein* threatened as a result. >tam+in* u+on its +arent, the

Church is embracin* its o-n assassin:and the est9s +otential nemesis.”