Bad Theology: Busted

In this episode, we are excited to connect with Rev. Dr. Cláudio Carvalhaes, Rev. Dr. Crystal Silva-McCormick, and Dr. Nicolás Panotto, for what promises to be a fascinating conversation exploring the influence and impact of Christian Zionism in Latin American contexts—both within and among Latine communities and institutions—but also the harm Christian Zionist ideologies and power structures have brought to Latine individuals and families, whether here in the United States or abroad.

Resources mentioned
• Decolonizing Theological Knowledge in Latin America: Religion, Education and Theology with a Postcolonial Accent by Nicolás Panotto (interview on the book)
• Theology after Gaza: a global anthology ed. Mitri Raheb and Graham McGeoch (via Wipf & Stock)
• Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire (via libcom.org)
• Decolonizing Palestine: the land, the people, the bible by Mitri Raheb (via Orbis Books)
• Kairos Palestine II
• Kairos Palestine II Lenten study guide
• “Liberation Theology as a Test for Authentic Religion” by Naim Ateek (via FOSNA store)
This is the podcast of the Institute for the Study of Christian Zionism (ISCZ). To learn more about ISCZ visit our website at: https://studychristianzionism.org

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Original music: Karl Saint Lucy & Danny Frye (feat. Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac) - “The Path Forward”
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Featuring sampled speech by: Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
Drums, mixing, and mastering: Danny Frye
Keyboards and programming: Karl Saint Lucy
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Today we’re excited to connect with Josiah R. Daniels, Rev. Keyanna Jones Moore, and Rev. Dr. Reggie Williams. During our conversation this month, we will dive deeper into how Christian Zionism shows up in the spiritual and political realities of Black Christians in the United States.

Resources mentioned:
Bonhoeffer’s Black Jesus: Harlem Renaissance Theology and an Ethic of Resistance by Reggie Williams 
The Cross and the Olive Tree: Cultivating Palestinian Theology amid Gaza edited by John and Samuel Munayer 
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman 
The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad
Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
‘I’m so dehumanized’: Journalists say U.S. newsrooms treat Palestine with fear and contempt by Laura Albast via Prism Reports
Want to Love Your Neighbor? Grieve With Them By Elom Tettey-Tamaklo via sojo.net
What is neutrality bias, and why do we need to address it? by Gina Baleria via the Wayback Machine
Department Press Briefing – February 14, 2024 Matthew Miller, Department Spokesperson via state.gov
Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange (GILEE)
Highlander Folk School
Shalom Hartman Institute
Video of “flying checkpoint” in North Georgia
The Wayback Machine
John Coltrane: A love supreme
Inst. for the Study of Christian Zionism
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Credits:
Original music: Karl Saint Lucy & Danny Frye (feat. Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac) - “The Path Forward”
Produced, written, and performed by: Karl Saint Lucy (ASCAP) & Danny Frye (BMI)
Featuring sampled speech by: Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
Drums, mixing, and mastering: Danny Frye
Keyboards and programming: Karl Saint Lucy
Logo design: Dee Roberts

This month we’ve connected with our movement partners in South Africa. Joining us across a vast span of time zones, we’re excited to bring Dr. Thandi Gamedze and Dr. Ntando Mlambo to the podcast. The ideas of “Land, space, and place” are integral to the conversation around colonialism and settler colonialism in the contexts of both South Africa and Palestine. Indigenous Palestinians and Indigenous South Africans have long shared a deep, historical affinity as those on the receiving end of settler-colonial violence and apartheid. Nelson Mandela is well-known for his support of Palestinian freedom, most famously declaring: “We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Resources mentioned:
Gender, Genocide, Gaza and the Book of Esther: Engaging Texts of Terror(ism) by Sarojini Nadar, purchase from Routledge
 Liberating Black Theology: Emerging South African Voices, edited by Demaine Solomons and Eugene Baron, purchase eBook from African Sun Media
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas, purchase from Orbis Books
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Credits:
Original music: Karl Saint Lucy & Danny Frye (feat. Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac) - “The Path Forward”
Produced, written, and performed by: Karl Saint Lucy (ASCAP) & Danny Frye (BMI)
Featuring sampled speech by: Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
Drums, mixing, and mastering: Danny Frye
Keyboards and programming: Karl Saint Lucy
Logo design: Dee Roberts

This month, we’re joined by Dr. Malinda Berry, Rev. Dr. Shannon Smythe, Rev. Dr. J. Ross Wagner, and Rev. Emilee Walker-Cornetta to talk about what Rev. Prof. Mitri Raheb calls the “software” of the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Israel relies on two things to sustain its illegal occupation of Palestine—hardware and software. The hardware is the weapons and other forms of military aid sent to Israel. But what is the software? It is the theological messaging that manufactures consent for Israel’s many war crimes, including the ongoing forced starvation of children, women, and men in Gaza. This theological messaging is both consciously and unconsciously woven into the curriculum of many seminary and theology schools in the U.S.
Resources mentioned:
Theology after Gaza: a global anthology ed. Mitri Raheb and Graham McGeoch, purchase from Wipf and Stock
The cross and the olive tree: cultivating Palestinian theology amid Gaza ed. by John S. and Samuel S. Munayer, purchase from Orbis Books 
Being Christian after the desolation of Gaza ed. By J. Ross Wagner and Bruce Fisk, purchase from Wipf and Stock
Faith misplaced: the broken promise of U.S.-Arab relations, 1820-2001 by Ussama Makdisi, purchase from Hachett Book group
Artillery of heaven: American missionaries and the failed conversion of the Middle East by Ussama Makdisi purchase from Cornell University Press
The space between us: conversations about transforming conflict by Betty Pries, purchase from MennoMedia
Acts: A Theological Commentary on the Bible by Willie James Jennings, purchase from Rofhiwa Books
The end of theological education by Ted Smith, purchase from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Israelism via Tubi
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Credits:
Original music: Karl Saint Lucy & Danny Frye (feat. Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac) - “The Path Forward”
Produced, written, and performed by: Karl Saint Lucy (ASCAP) & Danny Frye (BMI)
Featuring sampled speech by: Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
Drums, mixing, and mastering: Danny Frye
Keyboards and programming: Karl Saint Lucy
Logo design: Dee Roberts

This month we're continuing the conversation about Christian Zionism with Rev. Dr Stephen Sizer, the first Director of ISCZ. We’ll uncover more about the history of Christian Zionism and learn about why engaging in the work to combat this theology is so necessary.
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Resources Mentioned:
Dying in the land of promise: Palestine and Palestinian Christianity from Pentecost to 2000 by Donald E. Wagner, purchase from the Institute for Palestine Studies 
God’s land on loan: Israel, Palestine, and the world by W. Eugene March, purchase from the PC(USA) store
The end of days: fundamentalism and the struggle for the Temple Mount by Gershom Gorenberg, purchase from Simon & Schuster
Journal for the Study of Christian Zionism, Vol. 1 No. 1
The Rapture exposed: The message of hope in the Book of Revelation by Barbara Rossing, purchase from ThriftBooks
The Zimmerman Telegraph
Zion’s Christian soldiers: The Bible, Israel and the Church by Stephen Sizer, purchase from Bookshop.org
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Credits:
Original music: Karl Saint Lucy & Danny Frye (feat. Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac) - “The Path Forward”
Produced, written, and performed by: Karl Saint Lucy (ASCAP) & Danny Frye (BMI)
Featuring sampled speech by: Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac
Drums, mixing, and mastering: Danny Frye
Keyboards and programming: Karl Saint Lucy
Logo design: Dee Roberts