Christian Zionism and the Interruption of Black-Palestinian Solidarity: A conversation introducing the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism (ISCZ)
Dr. Atalia Omer, Professor of Religion, Conflict, and Peace Studies in the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, in conversation with Dr. Thandi Gamedze, South African educator, writer, and poet, and Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, President of Dar Al-Kalima University, Bethlehem.
In this webinar, which marks the launch of the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism, Dr. Omer will discuss the discursive hasbara technologies used to manufacture nonorganic Black American Christian Zionism.
Dr. Atalia Omer is Professor at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. She also recently served as a senior fellow and Visiting Professor at Harvard University’s Religion and Public Life program. Her research focuses on religion, violence, and peacebuilding, as well as theories and methods in the study of religion. Omer was awarded an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship in 2017, resulting in her latest book, Decolonizing Religion and Peacebuilding (Oxford University Press, 2023).
Dr. Thandi Gamedza is a South African educator, a writer, and a poet. She works across churches, universities, and NGOs in South Africa, and is driven by a deep commitment to critique and reimagine a world that is just, nurturing, and kind.
Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb is President of Dar Al-Kalima University in Bethlehem. The most widely published Palestinian theologian to date, he is the author or editor of 50 books, including his latest, Decolonizing Palestine: The Land, the People, the Bible (Orbis Books, 2023).
