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When American and English pilgrims came to the Holy Land in the 1800s, they interpreted Palestinian life and land through the colonial lenses through which they interpreted Native communities in North America. They viewed Palestinians (Bedouin) as backward savages.
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Why is it important?
This article helps people understand the importance of settler-colonial approaches to foreign land and shows how prejudices can be imported to new places through travel.
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As a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation with a great deal of experience in the Holy Land (Israel and Palestine), especially in Jerusalem, this article is part of my attempt to help people understand why Anglo-American Christians act the way we act in relation to this place.
Robert Smith
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This page is a summary of: Sanctifying the Settler-Colonial Gaze: Nineteenth-Century American Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Theology Today, January 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0040573617731715.
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