Christians in the Middle East

Guests:

Brother Vincent Malham
* President, Bethlehem University

Charles Sennott
* Reporter, The Boston Globe
* Author, The Body and the Blood: The Holy Land's Christians at the Turn of a New Millennium: A Reporter's Journey (Public Affairs, 2001)

Ralph Reed
* Founder and President, Century Strategies (a public affairs and public relations firm)
* Former, Executive Director of the Christian Coalition in the 1990's

Allen Hertzke
* Professor of Political Science (specializes in religion & politics)
* Author, Representing God in Washington: The Role of Religious Lobbies in the American Polity (University of Tennessee Press, 1988)

Reverend Bob Edgar
* General Secretary of the National Council of Churches
* Former Democratic Congressman from Pennsylvania (1975-1986)

David Brooks
* Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard

Israelis and Palestinians have been in a military standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity for nearly three weeks. How are Christians in the Holy Land reacting? How are they being treated? And what's the role of American Christians in shaping U.S. Middle East policy?