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Not enough for Israel and Palestine: No one wins with (just) a ceasefire

Published June 22, 2021 at The Christian Citizen.

The world paid close attention to the May 2021 hostilities between the Israeli military and Hamas in Gaza and the precursory events of protests on behalf of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah, rallying cries for religious freedom to be protected on Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount), demonstrations for equal rights for Palestinian citizens of Israel, and other flareups between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Published on June 22, 2021 03:47

The City on a Hill: Jerusalem Divided

Published May 21, 2021 at Red Letter Christians.

The present violence in Israel/Palestine is the predictable result of Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories, significant military advantage, and its willingness to tolerate relatively little damage for the sake of preserving the status quo of occupation. Until the violence escalates, as it has in recent days, the world pays little attention despite taking place in land considered sacred by the three Abrahamic traditions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Published on June 03, 2021 18:10

U.S. Christians Can’t Ignore Israel’s Ongoing Occupation of Palestine

Published May 2021 at Sojourners.

Until recently, this spring had been a time of religious celebration in Israel and Palestine. Last month Jewish Israelis finished observing Passover just as Palestinian Protestants and Catholics celebrated Easter, followed later by Orthodox Christian Easter celebrations in early May. Muslims’ month-long Ramadan fast has been underway, and both Western and Orthodox Christians are in Eastertide, the period of remembering the paschal promises of forgiveness, reconciliation, and hope.

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Published on May 20, 2021 03:47

Assyrian Christians Caught Amid Geopolitical Conflicts

Published May 2021 at Sojourners.

In 2019, I met with leaders from the Nahla Valley in Iraqi Kurdistan whose eight villages are both Muslim and Christian. Entire villages had been forced to evacuate when they were caught in the crossfire between rocket attacks launched from Turkey against Kurdish militias in northern Iraq. Children and community members were traumatized. This February, border communities in northern Iraq were attacked again, this time by militants using Iranian-supplied weapons. Several rockets exploded in Irbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.

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Published on April 12, 2021 03:47

Pursuing a Faithful Witness: Christianity, Nationalism, and the Middle East

Published March 19, 2021 at Do Justice.

As a pastor and the executive director of an organization focused on peacebuilding in the Middle East, I have seen firsthand how the ideologies related to Christianity, nationalism, and the Middle East intersect. From teachings in Scripture to the missional mandate of the church, the Christian faith is integrally connected to the ways we engage with both nationalism and politics. Our civic engagement has profound impacts on the world. Christians have significant opportunities to influence both domestic and foreign policy that improve or diminish the lives of people in the United States and around the world.

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Published on March 18, 2021 18:10

Articles

Scholarly Articles

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Returning to the Heart of the Gospel: A Practical Evangelical Theology of Libera-Tion and Call to Action for Christians Engaged in Peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine.” Ex Auditu 35, no. The Holy Land: Biblical Perspectives and Contemporary Conflicts (October 2020): 190–203. https://wipfandstock.com/9781725262386/ex-auditu-volume-35/.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “In Their Own Right: Evangelical Rejection of Palestinian Human Rights and Dignity.” Palestine-Israel Journal. Vol. 25 No. 1&2 2020. https://www.pij.org/articles/2003/in-their-own-right-evangelical-rejection-of-palestinian-human-rights-and-dignity

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Returning to the Heart of the Gospel: A Practical Evangelical Theology of Liberation and Call to Action for Christians Engaged in Peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine.” Forthcoming in Ex Auditu. Cannon, Mae Elise. “Mischief Making in Palestine: American Protestant Christian Attitudes Toward the Holy Land: 1917-1949.” Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture. Vol. 7. No. 1 (June 2011): 49-66.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Book Review Essay: Christians and Zionism: Resources for Consideration.” Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture. Vol. 7. No. 1 (June 2011): 153-161.

Grill, Stephen E.; Rosenberger, William F.; Boyle, Karen; Cannon, Mae; Hallett, Mark. NeuroReport. "Perception of Timing of Kinesthetic Stimuli." NeuroReport. Vol 9. No. 18 (December 1998): 4001-4005.

Selected Popular Articles

Cannon, Mae Elise; Kevin Vollrath. "Not enough for Israel and Palestine: No one wins with (just) a ceasefire." The Christian Citizen, June 22, 2021. https://christiancitizen.us/not-enough-for-israel-and-palestine-no-one-wins-with-just-a-ceasefire/.

Cannon, Mae Elise. "The City on a Hill: Jerusalem Divided." Red Letter Christians, May 21, 2021. https://www.redletterchristians.org/the-city-on-a-hill-jerusalem-divided/.

Cannon, Mae Elise, and Joyce Ajlouny. “U.S. Christians Can’t Ignore Israel’s Ongoing Occupation of Palestine." Sojourners, May 14, 2021. https://sojo.net/articles/us-christians-can-t-ignore-israel-s-ongoing-occupation-palestine.

Cannon, Mae Elise. "From Child Displaced to International Activist." Do Justice, May 7, 2021. https://dojustice.crcna.org/article/child-displaced-international-activist.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Embracing Equality and Justice: Opposing Christian Nationalism.” The Christian Citizen, April 28, 2021. https://christiancitizen.us/embracing-equality-and-justice-opposing-christian-nationalism/.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Hatred Toward Asian Americans Is Not a New Evil.” Red Letter Christians (blog), April 9, 2021. https://www.redletterchristians.org/hatred-toward-asian-americans-is-not-a-new-evil/.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Assyrian Christians Caught Amid Geopolitical Conflicts.” Sojourners, April 7, 2021. https://sojo.net/magazine/may-2021/assyrian-christians-caught-amid-geopolitical-conflicts.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Pursuing a Faithful Witness: Christianity, Nationalism, and the Middle East.” Do Justice. (blog), March 19, 2021. https://dojustice.crcna.org/article/pursuing-faithful-witness-christianity-nationalism-and-middle-east.

Cannon, Mae Elise; Alexander Lutz. "US Military Attacks on Syria Detrimental to Peace." Red Letter Christians. March 10, 2021. https://www.redletterchristians.org/us-military-attacks-on-syria-detrimental-to-peace/

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Why I’m voting for the first time in 28 years." The Christian Post. October 27, 2020. https://www.christianpost.com/voices/why-im-voting-for-the-first-time-in-28-years.html

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Why the UAE deal is not ‘peacemaking’." Forward. October 14, 2020. https://forward.com/opinion/456506/why-the-uae-deal-is-not-peacemaking/

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Interrupting White Supremacy in Conservative Christian Institutions." The Salt Collective. October 2020. https://thesaltcollective.org/interrupting-white-supremacy-in-conservative-christian-institutions/

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Spiritual Activism: We Must Constructively Engage in Politics." The Christian Citizen. October 13, 2020. https://christiancitizen.us/spiritual-activism-we-must-constructively-engage-in-politics/

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Christian Leaders Call On U.S. Political Parties to Address Palestinian Rights." Sojourners. July 3, 2020. https://sojo.net/articles/christian-leaders-call-us-political-parties-address-palestinian-rights

Cannon, Mae Elise. "COVID-19 Does Discriminate: The Disproportionate Impact of the Virus on the Poor and Vulnerable." The Christian Citizen. May 11, 2020. https://christiancitizen.us/covid-19-does-discriminate-the-disproportionate-impact-of-the-virus-on-the-poor-and-vulnerable/

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Equal in God’s Eyes: Human Rights and Dignity for All in Israel/Palestine." Do justice. May 4, 2020. http://dojustice.crcna.org/article/equal-god%E2s-eyes-human-rights-and-dignity-all-israelpalestine

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Biblical Justice is the Gospel Manifested." Red Letter Christians. April 25, 2020. https://www.redletterchristians.org/biblical-justice-is-the-gospel-manifested/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Elusive Peace: Middle East Peace Plan Announcement." Do Justice. February 7, 2020. http://dojustice.crcna.org/article/elusive-peace-middle-east-plan-announcement

Cannon, Mae Elise “The Moral Crossroads of Evangelical Christianity in the United States.” Red Letter Christians. December 31, 2019. https://www.redletterchristians.org/the-moral-crossroads-of-evangelical-christianity-in-the-united-states/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Commentary: Friends of Christianity Today back anti-Trump,” editorial. Salt Lake Tribune. December 24, 2019. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2019/12/24/commentary-friends/

Cannon, Mae Elise and Andrew Wickersham. “Art of the Bad Deal.” Sojourners. December 2019. https://sojo.net/magazine/december-2019/art-bad-deal-kushner-palestine-israel-Christians

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Five things I’ve learned about religious persecution in the Middle East.” Do Justice. November 11, 2019. http://dojustice.crcna.org/article/five-things-ive-learned-about-religious-persecution-middle-east%C2%A0

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Setting the record straight on Christian Zionism.” Forward. August 29, 2019. https://forward.com/culture/430428/setting-the-record-straight-on-christian-zionism/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Evangelicals for and against Trump.” The Washington Post. August 22, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/evangelicals-for-and-against-trump/2019/08/22/fd0c9b0c-c2c3-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html

Cannon, Mae Elise. “A true peace plan will be known by its fruit.” The Christian Citizen. August 2, 2019. https://christiancitizen.us/a-true-peace-plan-will-be-known-by-its-fruit/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Denied and Deported: Love and marriage in the Palestinian territories.” Religion News Service. May 30, 2019. https://religionnews.com/2019/05/30/denied-and-deported-love-and-marriage-in-the-palestinian-territories/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Blessed are the Peacemakers, but what about the Troublemakers?” The Christian Citizen. May 14, 2019. https://christiancitizen.us/a-road-to-peace-or-trouble-one-year-after-u-s-moves-its-embassy-to-jerusalem/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Israelis Have Some Serious Decisions to Make.” Middle East Monitor. April 3, 2019. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190403-israelis-have-some-serious-decisions-to-make/

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Anti-Semitism versus Legitimate Criticism of the State of Israel.” Religion News Service. March 7, 2019. https://religionnews.com/2019/03/07/anti-semitism-versus-legitimate-criticism-of-the-state-of-israel/

Cannon, Mae Elise and Philippe Nassif, K.A. Ellis. “As Christians, We Call for Change is the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relationship.” The Crux & The Call. November 20, 2018. https://www.thecruxandthecall.com/policy-wise/2018/11/20/as-christians-we-call-for-change-in-the-us-saudi-arabia-relationship

Cannon, Mae Elise. “The Demand for Urgent Action.” Bright Stars of Bethlehem. September 2018.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Trump Is Putting American Lives in Danger by Inflaming Anti-American Sentiment in the Mideast.” Haaretz. May 27, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-inflaming-the-mideast-trump-is-putting-americans-lives-in-danger-1.6118307

Cannon, Mae Elise. “History in the making: the tearing apart of Jerusalem.” Do Justice. May 25, 2018. http://dojustice.crcna.org/article/history-making-tearing-apart-jerusalem

Cannon, Mae Elise, Imam Yahya Hendi, and Debra Shushan. “As Trump and Netanyahu Meet, Our Plea as Interfaith Leaders: Stop Boosting the Proponents of a Religious War.” Haaretz. March 5, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-trump-and-netanyahu-stop-boosting-a-religious-war-in-the-holy-land-1.5870001

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Dear Secretary Tillerson: Don’t Downsize Religion in Foreign Affairs.” Christianity Today. September 15, 2017. https://www.christianitytoday.com/women/2017/september/secretary-tillerson-dont-downsize-religion-foreign-affairs.html

Cannon, Mae Elise and Jessica Hill. “Life Inside the Gaza Blockade.” Sojourners. July 2017. https://sojo.net/magazine/july-2017/life-inside-gaza-blockade

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Lights for Gaza & the Darkness of Lent.” Huffington Post. March 22, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lights-for-gaza-the-darkness-of-lent_b_58d2641fe4b062043ad4ae52

Cannon, Mae Elise. ‘A Church Under Siege: In Syria and throughout the Middle East, Christians Have Remained Faithful in the Face of Violence and even Genocide.” Sojourners. February 2017.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Encompassing the Whole Of Life.” Englewood Review of Books. Vol 6. No. 2 (Fall 2016): 20-21.

Morgan, Timothy C. and Mae Elise Cannon. “Strike Ends After 27 Days, Christian Schools in Israel Reopen.” Christianity Today. September 28, 2015. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/september-web-only/strike-ends-after-27-days-christian-schools-in-israel-reope.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Evangelicals Reject Anti-Muslim Hatred.” Huffington Post. October 29, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/evangelicals-reject-anti_b_8330088.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Bethlehem Bible College Joins Ecumenical Gathering of Peace” Huffington Post. September 24, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/bethlehem-bible-college-j_b_8186058.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Charleston: 5 Things White Christians Can Do in Solidarity With Our Brothers and Sisters of Color” Huffington Post. June 23, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/charleston-5-things-white-christians-can-do-in-solidarity-with-our-brothers-and-sisters-of-color_b_7628862.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Arizona Mosque: Why do you Hate Us?” Huffington Post. June 10, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/arizona-mosque-why-do-you-hate-us_b_7546112.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Christian Women: Gifted to Lead.” Huffington Post. May 25, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/christian-women-gifted-to-lead_b_6932880.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Reflections on Selma.” Huffington Post. March 28, 2015. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/reflections_selma_b_6543294.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Religious Persecution: The Tide of the 21st Century?” Huffington Post. November 30, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/religious-persecution-the_b_5903396.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Lament and Confess: Forgive Us Michael Brown.” Huffington Post. November 22, 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/lament-and-confess-forgiv_b_5841942.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. "What I Learned From Herman Wallace: Black Panther, Political Prisoner, and Friend." Huffington Post. November 3, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/what-i-learned-from-herma_b_4192296.html

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Holy Fire: Egyptian Christians Worship in Joy and Expectation." Huffington Post. October 3, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/egypt- christians_b_4034059.html?utm_hp_ref=tw.

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Why White Evangelical Churches Don't Wear Hoodies." Huffington Post. August 2, 2013. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-mae-elise-cannon/why-white-evangelical-chu_b_3696440.html.

Cannon, Mae Elise. "A Stone's Throw from Prison: Child Detentions in the Palestinian territories.” Prism. Vol. 19. No. 2 (March-April 2012): 23-27.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “A Revolution Unites: Will Interfaith Harmony Be Part of the Liberation of Egypt’s People.” Prism. Vol.18. No. 3 (May-June 2011): 20-23; 44.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Deep Justice and Gender.” Arise. Christians for Biblical Equality. May 13, 2010.

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Making a Difference: Besieged by Hope." Prism. Vol. 16. No. 6 (November-December 2009): 7.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Three Decades Later: Credentialed Clergywomen in the Covenant (1997-2007)." Covenant Quarterly. Vol. LXVII. No. 2 (May 2009): 45-55.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Trading Knives for a Double-Edged Sword: Inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola train to be prison missionaries.” Prism. Vol. 16. No. 1 (January-February 2009): 12-16.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Chicago Public Schools: The Growing Divide in Equal Education.” Hands On. North Park University (February 2008).

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Who Will Defend the Widows? The growing costs of long-term healthcare in the United States and why women are bearing the biggest burden.” Prism. Vol. 14. No. 6. (November-December 2007): 17-20.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “(All) the Good News.” Prism. Vol. 14. No. 1 (January-February 2007).
Fisk, Mae Elise Cannon. “The New Baby Boom: A Look at the Growing and Morally Complicated World of In Vitro Fertilization.” Covenant Companion (October 2004): 10-11, 33.

Book Reviews

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Deconstructing Unjust Systems.” Review of Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah. Englewood Review of Books. Vol. 10 No. 1. (Advent 2019): 38-39, 42.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Review: The Heart of Religion.” Prism. Vol. 20. No. 4. (Summer 2013): 42.

Cannon, Mae Elise. Book Review: Blood Brother by Elias Chacour with David Hazzard. CCDA Theological Journal. (2012): 129.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Book Review: Seeking Spiritual Intimacy by Glenn E. Myers.” The Covenant Companion. (May 2012): 24.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Book Review: Gospel of Matthew: God With Us.” Maecannon.com. Jan 2, 2012. https://www.maecannon.com/book-review-gospel-of-matthew/

Cannon, Mae Elise. "Book Review: Coming Together in the 21st Century by Curtiss Paul DeYoung." Priscilla Papers. Christians for Biblical Equality. Vol. 25. No. 1. Winter 2011.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Review: Allah.” Prism. Vol. 18. No. 6. Nov/Dec 2011.

Mae Elise Cannon. “Book Review Essay: Christians and Zionism: Resources for Consideration.” Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture. Vol. 7. No. 1. June 2011: 153-161.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Book Review: Gospel of John – When Love Comes To Town.” Covenant Companion. April 2011.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Review: Jesus and Justice: Evangelicals, Race, and American Politics." Prism. Vol. 17. No. 1. January-February 2010.

Cannon, Mae Elise. “Review: Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church.” Prism. May-June 2008.

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Published on January 01, 2021 05:21

Why the UAE Deal is Not ‘Peacemaking’

Published October 14, 2020 in The Forward.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught his disciples, “Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Christians tell this story over and over again in churches across the globe. And yet, so often, what is called peacemaking in the political world leaves peace far away and on the distant horizon.

Israel’s normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which its Parliament is scheduled to approve on Thursday, was termed “peacemaking” by the Trump administration that mediated it, and all involved seek credit for being peacemakers. In reality, these deals could lead to increased arms sales, more violence in the Middle East, and the perpetuation of the ongoing military occupation of the Palestinian people.

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Published on October 13, 2020 18:10

Spiritual Activism: We Must Constructively Engage in Politics

Published October 13, 2020 at The Christian Citizen.

More than ten years ago, my work as a pastor took me to Washington, D.C. My first thoughts? There is nothing spiritual about that place! Politics and so many of the men and women in the game of campaigning, lobbying, and statecraft had the reputation of being dishonest, duplicitous, and devoid of spiritual integrity. While some of that exists in D.C. (and everywhere), I’ve been overwhelmed by how wrong my first preconceptions could be. I came to find incredible human beings who love God and their country, on both sides of the political aisle, who are doing their best to address problems, bring solutions, and create opportunities for all people to prosper.

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Published on October 13, 2020 15:47