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No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Living Stones Yearbook 2019 First published 2020 by Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust (regd. Charity no. 1081204) www.livingstonesonline.org.uk ISbN 978 09552088 9 8 Managing Editor Leonard Harrow Assistant Editor alan ball Editors Mary Grey Duncan Macpherson anthony o’Mahony David Toorawa Produced by Melisende Uk Ltd Printed and bound in england by 4edge Ltd iv Contributors CoNTeNTS Editorial ix Contributors xi authEntiCity, ECumEnism and intErrEligious dialoguE: louis massignon, oliviEr ClémEnt, Thomas mErton, Christian dE ChErgé—radiCal hospitality radiCal faith—Stefanie Hugh Donovan 1 a rEflECtion on stEfaniE hugh-donovan’s ‘EastErn orthodoxy and muslim-Christian rElations bEtwEEn EuropE and thE middlE East. oliviEr ClémEnt’s pErspECtivEs on thEology and ECClEsiology in thE Christian EnCountEr with islam,’ living stonEs yEarbook 2016.—David Derrick 40 hassan dEhqani-tafti: strugglEs of a ConvErt from islam to bE Christian in post-rEvolutionary iran?—Agnes Wilkins OSB 46 thE idEa of Badaliyya (mystiCal substitution) in thE lifE and thought of louis massignon—Paolo Dall’Oglio SJ 74 for thE lifE of thE World: An EastErn Christian pErspECtivE on CarE of our planEt—Robin Gibbons 83 from Crisis to graCE: ThEologiCal rEflECtions on dEvEloping trEnds in JEwish-CatholiC rElations, through aspECts of thE work of david nEuhaus sJ—Peter Colwell 99 thE ECClEsial thought of kEnnEth Cragg in rElation to thE ChurCh of England’s prEsEnCE in JErusalEm. rEflECtions on modErn history—David Derrick 122 v Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust Yearbook 2017-18 matta El-mEskin/matthEw thE poor: A ContEmporary dEsErt fathEr (1919-2006). A LifE of kEnosis.—Anthony O’Mahony 166 vi Contributors Living StoneS of the hoLY Land truSt ‘an ecumenical trust seeking to promote contacts between Christian communities in britain and those in the Holy Land and neighbouring countries.’ Our SPIRITUAL PATRONS include In the Middle East archbishop Suheil Dawani, anglican bishop in Jerusalem Patriarch Gregorios III, Melkite Patriarch (emeritus) of antioch Nora Carmi, Co-ordinator for kairos Palestine bishop Theodosius of Sebastia, Greek orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem Patriarch Fuad Tual, Latin Patriarch (emeritus) in Jerusalem bishop Munib Younan, Lutheran bishop (emeritus) in Jerusalem Jean Zaru, religious Society of Friends (Quakers) co-founder of Sabeel Elsewhere Cardinal Vincent Nichols, roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster revd baroness richardson of Calow, Methodist Church in britain archbishop John Sentamu, anglican archbishop of York bishop Desmond Tutu, former anglican archbishop of Cape Town vii Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust Yearbook 2017-18 CommuniCationS www.livingstonesonline.org.uk Communications with the Chair or Editor can be made through: [email protected] or [email protected] All enquiries regarding subscriptions to the Honorary Treasurer: [email protected] note It is appreciated that articles derive from authors in a range of disciplines and demonstrate a variety in approach. The spelling of some specialised terms, local place-names and proper names in particular may vary considerably according to the contributor and discipline. These variations, however, should cause no problems to readers. Submissions for inclusion in the Yearbook are welcome and papers for consideration should be sent to [email protected]. Notes for submission of papers and house style are available upon request from the editor. viii Contributors eDITorIaL The present volume, like previous Yearbooks, might well begin on the familiar note of deep concern about the situation of the Christian communities in the Middle east. In the light of the events of the early days of January 2020 this needs little justification. However, it does not diminish the need to support, value and expound the heritage of these ancient communities. This volume of studies provides a strong emphasis on witness and communion in contemporary Christian religious and political thought from the Middle east. The first essay is by Stefanie Hugh- Donovan which brings together in dialogue four significant thinkers and mystics—Louis Massignon, olivier Clément, Thomas Merton and Christian de Chergé, highlighting their commitment to radical hospitality and radical faith. Stefanie sadly died in December 2018. She strongly supported the Theology Group through her presence and fine theological contributions. David Derrick, an academic friend and colleague, presents a reflection upon the significance of Stefanie’s research contribution to religious ideas and knowledge. agnes Wilkins, Stanbrook abbey, in her second contribution to the Yearbook, focuses upon the life and witness of the Hassan Dehqani- Tafti as bishop in post-revolutionary Iran. agnes’ contribution is a timely engagement with the modern history of Christianity in Iran. Paolo Dall’oglio, Italian and Jesuit scholar who founded the monastic space of dialogue and encounter at Deirmarmusa el Habashi in Syria, reflects upon the idea of badaliyya (mystical substitution) which is central idea in the thought of Louis Massignon, as is presence ix Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust Yearbook 2017-18 for Charles de Foucauld. Massignon, through his dialogue with Islam and de Foucauld for his presence in the eremitical tradition interfacing with the Muslim world had both been central figures in Dall’oglio’s interreligious engagement. Dall’oglio disappeared during the conflict in Syria. Christopher knolly contributed an overview of Dall’oglio’s life and work for Yearbook 2017-2018. environmental concerns have emerged with greater force in the Middle east. robin Gibbon’s introduces eastern Christian Perspectives on ecology. Peter Colwell describes the contribution of David Neuhaus to Jewish-Christian relations in the context of modern Israel. David Derrick in this third contribution to the Yearbook takes forward his account of the theological and political thought of kenneth Cragg with an emphasis on his ecclesiological view of the Church of england’s presence in Jerusalem. In the final contributiona nthony o’Mahony gives an account of some aspects of the monastic and spiritual contribution of Matta el- Meskin/Matthew the Poor, an influential contemporary Desert Father (1919-2006) who has wide ecumenical appeal. These studies collectively make an important contribution to the on-going important of the Christian religious and political thought of the Middle east for the wider Church today. Editors January 2020 x Contributors CoNTrIbUTorS Peter Colwell is Deputy General Secretary of Churches Together in britain and Ireland, a reformed minister and a doctoral research student at the School of advanced Studies, University of London. David Derrick trained as a worker priest for the Church of england and has exercised his ministry in London’s inner boroughs for the last fifty years. an article based on his Ma dissertation (Heythrop College, University of London), ‘Can we re-image an Islam with purely a Meccan identity, as set out in the writings of kenneth Cragg?’ appeared in Living Stones Yearbook 2013, pp. 84-107. This was followed by ‘kenneth Cragg, Charles Malik and Dag Hammarskjold—some thoughts on the question of mysticism and the “public square”’ (Living Stones Yearbook 2016). He is currently a postgraduate student at the School of advanced Studies, University of London, researching the theology of kenneth Cragg in dialogue with Charles Malik and Dag Hammarskjöld with reference to ‘The Human Condition’. Robin Gibbons is one of the two chaplains for the