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The Politics of a Sexual Misconduct Case
(New York University Press, 2000)
The chapter outlines a case of alleged clergy misconduct, how it was mishandled, and the consequences (legal and pastoral). It lists ten things that went wrong.
visit to Jerusalem 2007
(2007)
This is a report on an educational program the author took to Israel and Palestine in 2007. it consists mostly of illustrative quotes from persons met along the way.
Presbyterians, Jews, and Divestment. The Church Steps Back
(2006)
In 2004 the Presbyterian Church voted to begin a process of "phased, selective" divestment from five stocks that were profiting from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. In 2006 they voted to continue engagement with the ...
Two Colleagues in Conversation
(Mardigian Library, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2008)
Two Professors, long time friends and colleagues, sat down on nine separate occasions for a total of ten hours. They discussed their lives, the forces that had shaped them, their favorite films and books, the events of ...
Profile: Thoughts on Obama's Election
(2008)
Thoughts upon the election of Barack Obama as the first Black president, written two days after his election.
Reflections of a Former Terrorist
(2002-12-09)
The author was active in the anti-apartheid movement and was affiliated with a group linked to the African National Congress. When he sees individual academics today who criticize Israel identified as terrorists, he thinks ...
Book Review of Michael Dumper, the Politics of Sacred Space, The Old City of Jerusalem in the Middle East Conflict. Lynne-Rienner, 2002.
(2005)
This is a review of Michael Dumper's book, the Politics of Sacred Space, published in 2005 in the International Journal of Middle East Studies.
Book Review of Elizabeth Boosahda, Arab-American Faces and Voices. The Origins of an Immigrant Community. University of Texas Press, 2003
(2004)
This is a 2004 book review of the book Arab-American Faces and Voices by Elizabeth Boosahda. It discusses the first wave of Lebanese immigrants who began to arrive in Massachusetts. The book is quite rich with details ...
Arab American Political Participation
(Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2006)
Analysis of different patterns of political participation among Arab Americans. Data are from the Detroit Arab American Study. This is a conference paper presented at the Wilson Center. A revised version of the paper ...
Documenting Transnational Migration. Jordanian Men Working and Studying in Europe, Asia and North America. by Richard T. Antoun
(2005)
This is a review of the last book by the significant scholar Richard Antoun. He had focused his research upon a single village in Jordan. This book addresses the lives of the sons of that village as they ventured overseas.