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Author Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum (1st : 2007 : Salzburg, Austria)

Title Syriac churches encountering Islam : past experiences and future perspectives / [edited by] Dietmar Winkler
Published Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource
Series Pro oriente studies in the Syriac tradition ; 1
Pro Oriente studies in the Syriac tradition ; 1.
Contents Syriac churches encountering Islam : editor's note / Dietmar W. Winkler -- Muslim-Christian dialogue in Syriac sources / Mar Louis Sako -- The Syriac-speaking churches and the Muslims in the Medinan era of Muhammad and the four caliphs / Sidney H. Griffith -- The Syrian churches during the Umayyad era / Mar Gregorios Yohann Ibrahim -- Christian responses to Islam in the Umayyad period / Dietmar W. Winkler -- The contribution of Mesopotamian Christianity during the Abbasid period / Mar Bawai Soro -- The interaction of Syriac Christianity and the Muslim world in the period of the Syriac renaissance / Herman Teule -- The personal status of Christians in the Ottoman Empire / Mar Julius Mikhael Al-Jamil -- Syrian churches encountering Islam in the Ottoman period : some aspects / Martin Tamcke -- Christian-Muslim relationships on the Malabar Coast / Baby Varghese -- Christian minorities in the countries of the Middle East : a glimpse to the present situation and future perspectives / Joseph Yacoub -- Relations between Christians and Muslims in Iraq : a brief statement / Mar Louis Sako -- Culture and coexistence in Syria / Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim -- Christians build a state : Lebanon / Karam Risk -- First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum final report -- First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum press communiqué -- First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum invited participants -- Third Meeting of the Pro Oriente Forum Syriacum in Aleppo press release 2008
Summary The present volume includes the papers of the first PRO ORIENTE Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg, Austria and concentrated on the Syriac Churches' experiences with Islam. The papers in this volume survey the whole history of these two communities from the times of the Four Caliphs through the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman periods. Topics include the personal status of Christians under Islam, the ecclesiastical response to the rise of Islam, the Indian experience and the present situation
Notes "The results of the First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg from 14 to 16 November, 2007, are now available in this book"--Preamble
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Syrian churches -- History
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith.
Christianity
Interfaith relations
Islam
Syrian churches
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Winkler, Dietmar W.
ISBN 9781463220624
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