Dr. Pamela Chrabieh

Telos Magazine Issue No. 13 – Religion, Reconciliation and Justice – brings together a set of theological reflections on some of the most urgent questions facing our region today: How can faith speak meaningfully to wounded realities? How can justice be pursued without turning reconciliation into denial, silence, or forgetfulness? And how can religion contribute to healing without being used to justify violence, exclusion, or oppression?

Co-edited by Maria Kabara, Christo El Morr خريستو المر, and myself, this issue explores the relationship between faith, justice, and reconciliation through biblical, theological, social, and political lenses. The articles (in Arabic and English) move from a reflection on covenant, freedom, and comprehensive justice in Jesus’ political vision, to a critical reading of poverty-producing societies in the Southwestern Asia, to the inseparability of Christian spirituality and political responsibility, and finally to the fragile, difficult, and necessary question of reconciliation in contexts such as Syria and Palestine.

The issue invites readers to think of reconciliation as a long process rooted in truth, accountability, memory, justice, and hope. It also calls for a theology that remains grounded in lived realities, especially where violence, marginalization, and structural injustice continue to shape people’s lives.

The cover artwork is my piece, “Wounded Light”, a hybrid iconographic artwork created through sketching on paper and digital treatment on Procreate. It reflects the spirit of the issue: light that persists through injury, memory, fracture, and the difficult search for healing.

You can access the full issue and click through the different texts here: https://www.telosmagazine.org/telos-issue-no13.html “العدد 13 – الدين والمصالحة والعدالة – مجلّة «تيلوس» (غرب أسيا وشمال أفريقيا) – TELOS MAGAZINE WANA”