Church Bishop, author, and scholar who became the President of the The Lutheran World Federation in 2010 .
He studied theology in Finland, and attended the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Illinois.
He took a religious perspective on the history of Israel and Palestine, mixing in his own experiences, into his books.
Both of his parents were Palestenian refugees.
The mother of "Office Space" star Ron Livingston joined his church and became one of his followers.
