Decolonizing Palestine challenges the weaponization of
biblical texts to support the current settler-colonial state of
Israel. Raheb argues that some of the most important theological
concepts –Israel, the land, election, and chosen people – must be
decolonized in a paradigm shift in Christian theological thinking
about Palestine. Decolonizing Palestine is a timely book that
builds on the latest research in settler-colonialism and human rights
to place traditional theological themes within the wider
socio-political context of settler colonialism as it is practiced by
the modern nation-state of Israel. Written by a native Palestinian
Christian theologian who continues to live in the region,
Decolonizing Palestine provides an insider’s perspective
that disrupts hegemonic and imperialist narratives about the region.
