Vatican Policy on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Struggle for the Holy Land Contributor(s): Kreutz, Andrej (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313268290 ISBN-13: 9780313268298 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1990 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
Dewey: 327.456 |
LCCN: 89011911 |
Series: Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies, |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
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Publisher Description: The Vatican's foreign relations, particularly their Middle Eastern aspects, are generally little known. This book attempts to clear up the misunderstandings and misconceptions in regard to the Vatican's Middle Eastern relations. For more than a thousand years, the Holy See has been inextricably involved in the Middle East; indeed, the very roots of the Roman Catholic Church originate there. Yet despite the religious overtones of the Holy Land issue, Kreutz argues that the Vatican's Middle Eastern policy is much more than an expression of its religious and secular ideology, it is a reflection of the social, political, and economic climate. The study begins with background on the Roman Catholic Church and its links to the Third World, especially the Middle East. The balance of the book provides a chronological historical analysis of the Vatican's involvement in the Palestinian problem beginning around 1900 through 1988. Kreutz examines its relations in regard to the beginning of Zionist settlement in Palestine, the Holocaust, the 1947-1948 partition plan and the creation of Israel and the Arab refugee problem. He focuses on the aftermath of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War in 1967 including the growth of the Palestinian national movement, and the present day attitude of the Vatican under Pope John Paul II. |