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1. The hundred years' war on Palestine: a history of settler colonialism and resistance, 1917-2017

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Author:
Khalidi, Rashid
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4.2 stars
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A history of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict told from the Palestinian perspective, arguing the period since the Balfour Declaration of 1917 has amounted to a hundred years of colonial war against the Palestinians.

2. Jesus and John Wayne: how white evangelicals corrupted a faith and fractured a nation

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Du Mez, Kristin Kobes
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"A scholar of American Christianity answers perhaps the most bewildering question of our time: Why are evangelicals "the Donald's" most fervent supporters? Donald Trump is a libertine who lacks even basic knowledge of the Christian faith. Yet in 2016 he won 81 percent of the white evangelical vote, and continues to rely on white evangelicals as his base of support. While we assume the religious right has pragmatic reasons for backing Trump, in truth...