Abstract

While extensive research has been conducted on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, little attention has been paid to the concurrent struggle of Arabic-speaking Anglicans in the Jerusalem Bishopric for recognition and representation in the colonial Church of England. Amid the transition from being under British control to Israeli rule between 1947 and 1949, I highlight Arab Anglicans’ fight for recognition by their local leadership and the wider Anglican Church. In studies of Christian minorities in the Middle East, rarely is the work of the Anglican Church recognized, let alone the experiences of Arab Anglicans. By conducting original archival research at the Middle East Centre at St. Antony’s College in Oxford, and Lambeth Palace Library in London, England, I bring to light the dramatic searching, discovery, and reshaping of Arab Anglican identity in Jerusalem during a time of political transition and conflict.

Keywords: Anglicanism, Arab Anglicans, Church of England, Christianity, Clerical Colonialism, Colonialism, Geoffrey Fisher, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Middle East, Najib Cubain, Palestine Native Church Council, Rafiq Farah, Religious Minority, Weston Stewart, PalestineNative Church Council

How to Cite:

Moyse-Peck, T., (2025) “The Fight Against Clerical Colonialism: Arab Anglicans in Jerusalem, 1947-1949”, Footnotes: A Journal of History 7, 119-130.