Date of Award
3-1-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS)
Department
Liberal Studies
First Advisor
Katherine Graney
Second Advisor
James Chansky
Abstract
This paper examines Palestinian Orthodox Christian identity as shaped by recent historic and contemporary circumstances of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. While the paper is based upon interviews with Palestinian Christians, I utilize scholarship to support the ways in which the sacred historic narrative, as revealed by the interviewees, influences their collective understanding of self. The Palestinian Orthodox relationship with Israeli Jews, Palestinian Muslims and other Palestinian Christians is taken into account in order to reveal how they use their sacred identity to construct a social role for themselves that allows them to make sense of their status as a persecuted minority.
Recommended Citation
Lackovich, Ashley, "Consecrated Community, Sacred Spaces and National Indifference: Religious Identity as a Survival Tool for Palestinian Orthodox Christians in Israel and the Palestinian Territories" (2011). MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019. 79.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/mals_stu_schol/79