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Rox EcKARDT  \n…………………3  \nThe Early Centuries ………………………  \nby SAUL COLBI  \n………10  \nThe Holy Land of Christianit. ………………………  \nby JAMES PARKES  \nThe Churches of Israel: Some Recent Developments …………26  \nby SAUL COLBI  \n……………………………35  \nCatholic Teaching in Israel ………………………………  \nSIDIC  \nSome Reflections on Reactions to the Crisis of 1967 …………39  \nCHRISTIAN MEMBERS, JERUSALEM RAINBOW GROUP  \nCurrent Jewish-Christian Relations in Israel ………………………46  \nby PETER SCHNEIDER  \nhttps://archive.org/details/christianityinis0000unse  \n# Introduction\n\nA.ROY ECKARDT  \nThe aim of this Area Study is acquaintance with the role ofChristianity in Israel.  \nFabricators of anthologies are oft-times balked in makingselections because the published contributions they seek out andassemble have quite independent purposes.The authors have notintended that their work be utilized in another way.However,thiscondition has one virtue:it sustains a certain independence froman editor's—and thereby a reader's—preconceptions.Thus,whileone of our present themes,\"The Holy Land of Christianity,\"canbe treated in all kinds of ways,it is not unconvincing to developthat theme,as does James Parkes,largely in terms of unholyhuman rivalries.  \nIf any choice of selections portraying the history of Christian-ity in Palestine/Israel is hazardous,our problems are compoundedas we come to the present day.How is it possible to represent invery limited space the heterogeneous state of Christianity in con-temporary Israel?Inevitably,our own assumptions of what isparamount intrude themselves.I looked for materials exemplaryof several major practical issues in our time:the framework ofreligious autonomy in Israel;educational challenges and opportu-nities for the churches;the continuing international crisis;and theencounter of Christians and Jews.Analyses of such controversialquestions as these may aid our understanding not alone of churchlife in Israel but of social trends within that country as a whole.  \nA special word may be ventured upon a recurrent and delicatequestion:the traditional effort to convert Jews to Christianity,anendeavor that is still tacitly supported or actively engaged in bycertain Christian groups and individuals in Israel as elsewhere.  \n1.As suggested in the essay by Peter Schneider,Christianthinking has been changing,even among those who take thetraditional missionary stance.Some churchmen of Israel,Catholicand Pro","cbCaift61EmqR9fT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaift61EmqR9fT","pdf",4028907,"English","# Introduction\n## About the Contributors\n## Introduction","[{\"question\":\"What is the aim of the Area Study introduced by A. 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