Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) invites you to the Washington DC launch of Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac’s new book “Christ in the Rubble” at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Pax Christi USA is a co-sponsor of this event.
In this impassioned and incisive book, Munther Isaac challenges mainstream Christians’ uncritical embrace of the modern state of Israel. Speaking from his unique vantage point as a prominent Palestinian Christian pastor and theologian, Rev. Isaac proclaims a truth that is rarely acknowledged in Christian circles: Israel’s campaign to eliminate the Palestinian people did not begin after October 7, 2023. Rather, the campaign is a continuation of a colonial project with 19th-century roots that has, since 1948, established systems of entrenched discrimination and segregation worse than South Africa’s apartheid regime.
Writing from Bethlehem with close-up knowledge of conditions on the ground, and rooted in a commitment to nonviolence and just peace, Isaac challenges readers to realign their beliefs and actions with Christ—who can be found not among perpetrators of violence, but with victims buried under the rubble of war.