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      Naji Al-Ali, Edward Said and Civil Liberation Theology in Palestine: Contextual, Indigenous and Decolonising Methodologies

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      Holy Land Studies
      Edinburgh University Press

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          This article coins a new expression: ‘civil liberation theology’ in Palestine. Astonishingly while feminist, black and post-colonial theologies of liberation have flourished in the West, there is little discussion of indigenous and decolonising perspectives or civil and secular-humanist reflections on liberation theology. Inspired by the works of Palestinian visual artist Naji Al-Ali and public intellectual Edward Said, the article brings into the debate on theologies of liberation in Palestine-Israel a neglected subject: an egalitarian, none-denominational theology rooted in decolonising methodologies. This civil liberation theology attempts to address the questions: how can exile be overcome? How can history be transcended and decolonised? And how can indigenous memory be reclaimed? The article brings into focus indigenous, humanist and non-religious ways of thinking on which Edward Said and Naji Al-Ali (in his famous figurative character Handhala) insisted. This civil liberation theology also draws on contrapuntal methodologies and critical indigenous and non-denominational theologies in ‘historic Palestine’ – progressive, creative and liberative theologies which occupy multiple sites of liberation and can be made relevant not only to people of faith (Muslims, Jews, Christians) but also to secular-humanists.

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                Journal
                Holy Land Studies
                Holy Land Studies
                Edinburgh University Press
                1474-9475
                1750-0125
                November 2012
                November 2012
                : 11
                : 2
                : 109-134
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Professor of Religion and Politics and Director of the Centre for Religion and History and Holy Land Research Project School of Theology, Philosophy and History St. Mary's University College Waldegrave Road Strawberry Hill Twickenham TW1 4SX, UK Tel.: 0208 240 4193
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                10.3366/hls.2012.0041
                9268aa95-477c-4294-bda2-55e70625b7f3
                © 2012

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