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Title Christian communities in the Arab Middle East : the challenge of the future / edited by Andrea Pacini
Published Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents The Arab Christians : from the eastern question to the recent political situation of the minorities / Joseph Maïla -- The Arab Christians of the Middle East : a demographic perspective / Philippe Fargues -- The Christian communities, active members of Arab society throughout history / Samir Khalil Samir -- The churches of the Middle East : their origins and identity, from their roots in the past to their openness to the present / Jean Corbon -- The law of the nation-state and the status of non-Muslims in Egypt and Syria / Bernard Botiveau -- The emigration of Christian Arabs : dimensions and causes of the phenomenon / Bernard Sabella -- The cultural production of Arab Christians today : an expression of their identity in a predominantly Muslim society / Camille Hechaïmé -- The politicaly dynamics of the Copts : giving the community an active role / Dina el Khawaga -- The place and the present role of the Copts in the Egyptian economy : traditions and specializations / Adel A. Beshai -- The dynamics of the Lebanese Christians : from the paradigm of the ʻāmmiyyāt to the paradigm of hwayyek / Elizabeth Picard -- The Christian communities and the economic and social situation in Lebanon / Boutros Labaki -- Socio-political and community dynamics of Arab Christians in Jordan, Israel, and the autonomous Palestinian territories / Andrea Pacini -- The Christians of Syria / Habib Mousalli -- Christians in Iraq / Yūsuf Habbi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index
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Subject Christianity -- Arab countries
Christianity and culture -- Arab countries
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
Islam -- Relations -- Christianity.
Christianity and other religions.
Christianity and other religions
Christianity
Christianity and culture
Interfaith relations
Islam
Christentum
Aufsatzsammlung
Christendom.
Islam.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
SUBJECT Arab countries -- Church history
Subject Arab countries
Arabische Staaten
Genre/Form Church history
Form Electronic book
Author Pacini, Andrea, editor.
LC no. 98016382