The Holy Land, Holy Lands, and Christian History

For the great monotheistic religions, thoughts of the 'Holy Land' automatically turn to Palestine. That Holy Land has been central to Christian history over the past 2000 years, from the establishment of the early church, through the Crusades, to the present day, when native Christians are in a minority, but Christian tourists abound. Even when not physically controlled by Christians, Palestine and its image are important to the Christian consciousness. Moreover, as a concept, the idea of 'Holy Land' has proved elastic and potent, capable of being divorced from its Levantine particularity to provide models for hopes for the future, and to validate existing societies and political communities, supplying moral drive and psychological support. This collection of twenty-five essays addresses a wide range of issues tied to this broad theme, from the patristic period to the present day. Palestine, and concerns for Palestine, provide a core; but attention also ranges to 'Holy Lands' in America, Russia, seventeenth-century England, and post-Reformation Transylvania. The papers clearly and lucidly demonstrate the constant, continuing, and multi-faceted significance of the Holy Land, real and idealised, in Christian history.

Reviews

A worthwhile collection... It is a measure of the changes in our understanding of the history of the Holy Land in the last thirty years that so many historians should now be grappling with the issues of thought and iconography. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY [Jonathan Riley-Smith] Deserves to necome a standard work on the unfolding story of the Holy Land. EXPOSITORY TIMES

Details

First Published: 05 Oct 2000
13 Digit ISBN: 9780952973355
Pages: 422
Size: 21.6 x 13.8
Binding: Hardback
Imprint: Ecclesiastical History Society
Series: Studies in Church History

Details updated on 02 Sep 2010

Contents

• 1  The Early Development of Church Architecture in Syria and Jordan, c.300-c.750 HUGH N. KENNEDYHUGH N. KENNEDY
• 2  The Itinerary of Egeria: Reliving the Bible in Fourth-Century Palestine DAVID HUNTDAVID HUNT
• 3  'Secular men and women': Egeria's Lay Congregation in Jerusalem RACHEL MORIARTY
• 4  Palestine under the Arabs, 650-750: the Crucible of Byzantine Orthodoxy ANDREW LOUTHANDREW LOUTH
• 5  Palestine in the Aftermath of the Arab Conquest: the Earliest Latin Account THOMAS O'LOUGHLINTHOMAS O'LOUGHLIN
• 6  Memorials of the Holy Places and Blessings from the East: Devotion to Jerusalem before the Crusades (Presidential Address) COLIN MORRISCOLIN MORRIS
• 7  History and Memory as Factors in Greek Orthodox Pilgrimage to the Holy Land under Crusader Rule ANDREW JOTISCHKYANDREW JOTISCHKY
• 8  Ideas of Crusade and Holy war n De expugnatione Lyxbonensi (The Conquest of Lisbon) JONATHAN PHILLIPSJONATHAN PHILLIPS
• 9  Holy Land, Holy Lance: Religious Ideas in the Chanson d'Antioche SUSAN B. EDGINGTON
• 10  'The Serpent in the Dust, the Sparrow on the House Top': Attitudes to Jerusalem and the Holy Land in the Circle of Innocent III - BRENDA H. BOLTONInnocent III - BRENDA H. BOLTON
• 11  The Role of the Holy Land for the Early Followers of Joachim of Fiore STEPHEN WESSLEYSTEPHEN WESSLEY
• 12  Gregory IX, Frederick II and the Liberation of the Holy Land, 1230-9 BJORN WEILERBJORN WEILER
• 13  Our Lady of Saidnaiya: an Orthodox Shrine Revered by Muslims and Knights Templar at the Time of the Crusades BERNARD F. HAMILTONBERNARD F. HAMILTON
• 14  Crusading Proposals in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries ANTONY LEOPOLD
• 15  Holy Land or Holy Lands? Palestine and the Catholic West in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance NORMAN HOUSLEYNORMAN HOUSLEY
• 16  The Holy Land in Old Russian Culture RICHARD M. PRICE
• 17  Magyar Judah: Constructing a new Canaan in Eastern Europe GRAEME N J MURDOCK
• 18  Rebuilding Solomon's Temple? The Architecture of Calvinism ANDREW SPICER
• 19  Transplanting the Holy Land: Diggers, Fifth Monarchists, and the New Israel BERNARD S CAPPBERNARD S CAPP
• 20  City on a Hill: American Exceptionalism and the Elect Nation JOHN OLDFIELD
• 21  Milman's History of the Jews: a Real Place with Real People ALISTAIR MASON
• 22  Thomas Cook, Holy Land Pilgrims, and the Dawn of the Modern Tourist Industry TIMOTHY LARSENTIMOTHY LARSEN
• 23  Archbishop Lang's Visit to the Holy Land in 1931 GARTH TURNER
• 24  The Vatican, Palestinian Christians, Israel, and Jerusalem: Religion, Politics, Diplomacy, and Holy Places, 1945-1950 ANTHONY O'MAHONYANTHONY O'MAHONY
• 25  Palestinian Christians: Realities and Hopes BERNARD SABELLA