Christians and Muslims in Israel

Christians and Muslims in Israel — Facts, Myths and Lived Reality is an interdisciplinary international academic conference examining the historical, social, religious, demographic, legal, cultural and political realities of Christian and Muslim communities in the State of Israel.

The conference is designed to distinguish empirical evidence and lived experience from simplified assumptions, stereotypes and politically driven narratives. It welcomes different scholarly interpretations and does not require participants to adopt a predetermined political, theological or ideological position.

In addition to Christian-Muslim relations, the conference welcomes research on Christians and Muslims as distinct communities and on their relationships with the Jewish majority, the State of Israel, public institutions and wider Israeli society.

Relevant perspectives include sociology of religion, religious studies, history, theology, anthropology, political science, law, demography, education, Middle Eastern Studies, Israel Studies, minority studies, media studies and related interdisciplinary approaches.

Research may address Christian communities in contemporary Israel, Muslim communities in contemporary Israel, Arab Christians and Arab Muslims, Jewish-Christian relations, Jewish-Muslim relations, Christian-Muslim relations, religion and the State of Israel, religious freedom and legal status, religious institutions and leadership, education and religious identity, demographic change and migration, political and civic participation, sacred spaces and holy places, Jerusalem and its religious communities, discrimination and social mobility, media representations and public narratives, coexistence and interreligious encounters, and the intersection of religion, ethnicity, citizenship and national identity.

The conference is intended both for established scholars and for researchers at earlier career stages whose work makes a serious academic contribution to the conference theme.