{"product_id":"undoing-conquest-ancient-israel-the-bible-and-the-future-of-christianity","title":"Undoing Conquest: Ancient Israel, the Bible, and the Future of Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow a new understanding of the origins of the Hebrew people can help churches recognize and take responsibility for a history of violence and conquest, make reparations, and seek reconciliation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the last century, archaeologists of the Highlands Settlements north of Jerusalem uncovered evidence that reshapes traditional understandings of Israelite history and the Bible. This new history remains largely untold outside of specialized archeological and biblical studies contexts. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Kate Common recovers the material evidence that challenges the theological imagination of conquest that has permeated Christianity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExamining how biblical conquest narratives shaped Christian ideology, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers ways to incorporate the story the Highlands Settlements reveal into the life of the church to repair the harms of settler-colonialism and genocide, creating a more just future.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate Common has written a book both heartbreaking and inspiring. The heartbreak is the fact that many of us, through millennia, have used the Bible to mutilate others' cultures and lives. The inspiration is that Common mines a deeply unheralded \"still small voice\" in biblical history that, if fanned, can make us worthy of being called \"religious.\" It is a bold book meant to dismember, in our hearts, the Bible's tectonic plates. \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRabbi Susan Schnur, Psy.D., Senior Editor Emerita of Lilith Magazine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story of the conquest of Canaan under Joshua was weaponized by western Christian empires to colonize North America, South Africa, and Australia. The same story is being used today by Christian and Jewish Zionists as a blueprint to occupy Palestinian land and ethnically cleanse the Palestinian people. . . . \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides a new liberating counter-interpretation from the perspective of an oppressed, yet innovative community. This book is an important read for anyone who is looking for a fresh theological reflection on the Book of Joshua and a justice-oriented praxis for the Christian church today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMitri Raheb, f\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eounder and p\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eresident, Dar al-Kalima University, Bethlehem, Palestine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKate Common's book arrives at a propitious moment when an intractable conflict with scriptural roots cries out for new thinking. The Highland Settlement material is a 'liberative origins narrative, ' a 'countermemory . . . that can help prompt radical imagination and social change.' This is Feminist Practical Theology at its best and, God willing, just in the nick of time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e-M\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eary E. Hunt, co-director, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual (WATER)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUndoing Conquest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presents an accessible account of otherwise highly technical archaeological, scientific, and academic treatments of the world that would become ancient Israel. It will surely challenge readers' presuppositions and compel the kind of change that addresses countless societal problems in our world today. \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBrandon J. Simonson, Boston University School of Theology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot since Walter Wink has the church had an invitation and method for engaging the text like what Common offers. \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePatrick B. Reyes, Dean, Auburn Theological Seminary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kate Common","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45045499494600,"sku":null,"price":130.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/undoing_conquest.jpg?v=1775315481","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/undoing-conquest-ancient-israel-the-bible-and-the-future-of-christianity","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}