CV
Curriculum Vitae - Mitri Raheb
(with special emphasis on scientific achievements)
OFFICIAL POSITIONS
Founder and President at Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture |
2011 - 2016 |
President of the Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan & The Holy Land www.elcjhl.org |
2006 | Founder & President of Diyar Consortium www.diyar.ps |
2006 | Founder and President of Dar al-Kalima University College www.daralkalima.edu.ps |
1995-2006 | Founder and General Director of the International Center of Bethlehem |
1987-2017 | Senior Pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church, Bethlehem www.bethlehemchristmaslutheran.org |
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2006 | Founder and President of Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture |
2007 | Founder of Diyar Publisher |
2008 | Professor in Contextual Theology at Dar al-Kalima University College, department of Tourism Studies |
2008-2009 | Lecturer of Church History at Bethlehem University, department for Religious Studies |
2003 | Visiting Lecturer of Mission History and Theology at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary |
1992-1996 | Managing Editor of Al’Liqa’ Journal for Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land |
1988-1993 | Lecturer of Church History at Bethlehem Bible College |
In the last 25 years, I was invitated to give lectures at many different universities, colleges and Seminaries, including:
Yale Divinity School, Harvard Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary, Wesley Theological Seminary, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Boston University School of Theology, Hartford Seminary, Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Luther Seminary, Union Theological Seminary, Interdenominational Theological Seminary in Atlanta, Concordia College in Moorhead, Augsburg College in Minneapolis, St. Olaf College, The University of Oldenburg, Humboldt University in Berlin, University of Edinburgh, University of Bern, Yonsei University/ Sungkonghoe University in Seoul, American University in Beirut, Haigazian University in Beirut, University of Jordan in Amman, Dormtion Abbey in Jerusalem, Studium in Israel, and the Ecumenical Institute at Tantur.
I Spoke and lectured at: The American Academy of Religion, Society for Biblical Studies, National Prayer Breakfast, Noble Peace Prize Forum, Deutscher-Evangelischer Kirchentag, Katholiken Tag, Danish Kirchentag, Greenbelt Festival, Uppsala Festival of Theology, the Carter Center, National Press Club, DC., and at diverse local, national, regional as well as international gatherings in many countries including: China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Sweden, England, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Cyprus, Scotland, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Italy, Finland, France, Greece, USA, Jordan, and Israel. Annually, Dr. Raheb receives over 500 delegations and groups from different continents and countries.
REASERCH PROJECTS INITIATED, SUPERVISED OR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION BY MITRI RAHEB
2017 | Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South |
2016 | Advisory Board Member of CME “Christians in the Middle East Research Network |
2013-2016 | “From the Nile to the Euphrates: The Call of Faith and Citizenship” |
2011-2017 | History of Global Christianity in the 19th-20th Century: A Research Project by an international group of Church Historians aiming at publishing two volumes coming out in 2015 in Kohlhammer/Palgrave. |
2010 | Social History of Palestine: A research project to document the oral social history of Palestinians in general and Palestinian Christians in particular. The Project resulted in 6 publications in Arabic so far (see bibliography). |
2010-2012 | Bible and Colonialism: A research group at the American Academy of Religion resulting in a book coming out in 2014 in Palgrave/Macmillan. |
2009-2012 | Conversion - Crossing Religious Borders: Studies on Conversion and Religious Adherence. A Research Project of the University of Bern with a team of international Researchers that resulted in a Publication (see bibliography). |
2009-2012 | Mapping the Palestinian Christian Community: A research project that resulted in three publications (see bibliography). |
2009-2012 | Christian Zionism in Comparative Perspectives: A Research Group at the American Academy of Religion resulting in a book to come out in 2014 in Augsburg Fortress Press. |
2008-2012 | Reemerging Liberation Theologies: A Research Group at the American Academy of Religion (see bibliography). |
2007 | Religion and State: A regional interdisciplinary research project based on regional consultations which resulted in several publications so far (see bibliography). |
2005 | Land, Peoples and Identities: A Research Project based on International Conferences that were arranged in Bethlehem resulting in 4 publications in English so far (see bibliography). |
2003-2005 | Christianity and Religious Plurality in Historical and Global Perspective: A Research Project of Calvin College and Fuller Theological Seminary. |
1999-2007 | Luther in Arabic: A Project that resulted in translating three books of Luther into Arabic. See www.lutherinarabic.org |
1997-2003 | Christian Education in Muslim Society: A Research Project of Hartford Seminary and the University of Edinburgh. |
THEOLOGICAL, ACADEMIC AND OTHER COMMITTEES
I serve(d) on several Academic committees, including:
2016 | Advisory Board Member to the “Christians of the Middle East Research Network” |
2013 | Initiator of The Christian Academic Forum for Citizenship in the Arab World |
2010 | Member of ICCO Regional Council |
2010-2012 | Bible and Colonialism Group at the American Academy of Religion |
2009-2012 | Christian Zionism in Comparative Perspectives Group at the American Academy of Religion |
2008-2012 | Liberation Theologies Group at the American Academy of Religion |
2007 | Kairos Palestine Co-Author and member of the steering Committee |
2006 | Board of the Near East School of Theology in Beirut |
1999-2005 | Arab Working Group on Christian-Muslim Dialogue of the Middle East Council of Churches |
1999-2005 | Faith and Unity Committee of the Middle East Council of Churches |
1998-2003 | Working Group on Islam Committee of the LWF, Program on Church and People of other Faiths |
1998 | Theological Committee of the Fellowship of the Evangelical Churches in the Middle East |
1997 | Corresponding Editor at Panorama International Journal of Comparative Religious Education and Values |
1995 | Regional Committee/Katholischer Akademischer Austausch Dienst |
1992-1996 | Al’Liqa’ Committee for the Journal on Religious and Heritage Studies in the Holy Land |
1988-2000 | Anglican-Lutheran Dialogue Committee of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan |
EDUCATION
2012 Sabbatical at Yale Divinity School
1995 Post Doctoral Research at Hartford Seminary, Overseas Ministries Study Center:
Research Enablement Program. “Contextualizing the Scripture: Towards a New Understanding of the Qur’an. An Arab-Christian Perspective.
1984 – 1988 Dept for Protestant Theology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
Doctor of Theology, Dissertation title: “The Heritage of Reformation among the Palestinians. The History of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan.”
1980-1984 Hermannsburg Mission Seminary
Protestant Theology
1968-1979 The Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem
Awards
2016 Olaf Palme Prize for “his innovative artistic education in film, art, and drama, Raheb has made it possible for young people to investigate their Palestinian identity, to nurture beauty, and to invest in a culture of life as tools for a creative resistance against suffocating confinement and towards nation building.”
2012 |
Deutscher Medienpreis (German Media Award) |
2012 | The Bethlehem Governor Award “for serving the Bethlehem Community and Governorate.” |
2011 | The Lux Mundo award by the Board of Regents of Concordia University Wisconsin “for the admirable Community and Humanitarian Service.” |
2011 | The LEA Esther Award “for the contribution to Lutheran Education.” |
2007 | Aachener Friedenspreis (The Peace Award of Aachen) |
2006 |
International Mohammad Nafi Tschelebi Peace Award Of the Central Islam Archive in Germany |
2003 | Honorary Doctorate from Concordia University in River Forest “for the outstanding contribution to Christian education through research and publication.” |
2003 | The Wittenberg Award from the Luther Center “for distinguished service to church and society.” |
2003 | HCEF Award “in recognition for leadership by word and deed honoring the mother church in Jerusalem and working tirelessly to bring Justice for the Palestinian People.” |
1979 | Scholarship from the German Section of the LWF |
ORGANIZATIONS (CO-)FOUNDED BY MITRI RAHEB
Diyar | www.diyar.ps |
Dar al-Kalima University College | www.daralkalima.edu.ps |
Bright stars of Bethlehem | www.brightstarsbethlehem.org |
Foerderverein Dar al-Kalima | www.foerderverein-bethlehem.de |
Betlehems Venner | www.betlehem-venner.dk |
DINO | www.dino-muenster.de |
The work of Dr. Raheb has received wide media attention from major international media outlets and networks including CNN, ABC, CBS, 60 Minutes, BBC, ARD, ZDF, DW, BR, Premiere, Raiuno, Stern, The Economist, Newsweek, and Vanity Fair.
He is married to Najwa Khoury and has two daughters, Dana & Tala. For more, www.mitriraheb.org
President at Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture |