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"The Colonial Roots of Christian Zionism: A Challenge to Christian Unity" — Rev. Robert Smith, PHD

FIRST SPEAKER in 2026‭ ‬"Faith is Action: Conversations on Palestine" series that centers the Orthodox Christian witness in conversations about‭ ‬justice and peace in Palestine‭.‬‭ ‬For generations‭, ‬Western colonial history‭, ‬missionary movements‭, ‬and political theology have shaped how the Holy Land is understood‭, ‬often sidelining the voices of local Orthodox Christians and viewing them through an Orientalist lens‭. ‬Yet‭, ‬the Orthodox Church is the indigenous Christian presence of Palestine and the surrounding region‭, ‬rooted in the very land where Christ was born‭, ‬lived‭, ‬was crucified‭, ‬and rose from the dead‭, ‬where the Church itself began‭. ‬ --- Rev. Smith has also written an important analysis on how Western Christianity has historically misunderstood Eastern Christians and the Eastern Church. We encourage you to read his article and continue engaging with these questions: https://preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1259... --- This speaker series foregrounds the Orthodox perspective as essential to Christian engagement with Palestine‭. ‬Orthodox‭ & ‬non-Orthodox experts speak on‭: ‬the colonial and Western missionary history of Palestine and the region‭, ‬the Orthodox theological perspective on Christian Zionism‭, ‬the lived experience of the Churches on the ground‭, ‬what the Orthodox‭ ‬faith teaches us about first-hand and vicarious trauma‭, ‬and concludes with Orthodox principles of social justice‭. ‬