Muslim-Christian Relations in Palestine

Описание: The Islamic Community Center of Phoenix in association with the Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding hosted a special presentation about the relationship between Palestinian Muslims and Palestinian Christians, presented by guest speaker Dr. Salim J. Munayer at ICCP on Friday August 24, 2012.

Dr. Salim J. Munayer is the director and founder of Musalaha Ministry of Reconciliation, which has been bringing Israelis and Palestinian together since 1990 and creating a forum for reconciliation. Salim is a Christian Palestinian born in Lod as one of six children and received his BA from Tel Aviv University in History and Geography, his MA from Fuller Theological Seminary, graduate studies in New Testament from Pepperdine University and his PhD from the Oxford Center of Mission Studies. His doctoral dissertation was written on "The Ethnic Identity of Palestinian Arab Christian Adolescents in Israel." He has published several books on Christian education and reconciliation, which include the Life and Teaching of Jesus, Christian Ethics and Survey of the Bible. Salim served as academic dean of Bethlehem Bible College from 1989 to 2008, and continues to serve as a professor at the college. Salim is married to Kay and has four sons, Jack, Daniel, John and Sam.