| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Religion, state, and society in the new Middle East / James L. Gelvin -- Controversial moves' and the holy places in Jerusalem / Marshall Breger -- Jerusalem's sacred space and the weaponization of faith / Daniel Seidemann -- The Egyptian struggle for citizenship rights and the Coptic question : a critical inquiry into the thinking of the Egyptian intellectual Samir Murqus / Sebastian Elsässer -- Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Hazim (1979-2012) of Antioch and his perspective on inter-Christian and interreligious dialogue / Bishara Ebeid -- Who can I trust in Lebanon and beyond? : on bonding and bridging trust in a multiconfessional context : from polarization to cohabitation in the new Middle East / Johan Gärde -- Negotiating identity with the homeland : the "Syriac Orthodox" of North America in the early twentieth century / George A. Kiraz -- An open letter in the shadow of East-Ghouta / Martin Tamcke -- Christians in Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE : expanding tolerance / Elizabeth Monier -- The political and ecclesiastical relations between Romania and Ethiopia from the early 1930s until 1970s / Adrian Bǎrbieru |
| Summary |
"As paradoxical as it sounds the New Middle East is old but dynamic, constantly in motion as the desert?s moving sands. From Polarization to Cohabitation highlights cases from Middle East dominated by polarized portrayals and permanently fluctuating forces from both past and present, being partially the result of a conference held in Romania, 2019. The book brings together a global research perspective on the topic starting with James Gelvin on the situation of Religion and Society in the New Middle East, continuing by Marshall Breger's particular paradigm on Jerusalem. Daniel Seidemann completes Jerusalem's picture with a current initiative of a database with hundreds of sacred sites. The focus moves to Egypt with the work of Sebastian Elsässer about Samīr Murquṣ. The continuum is assured by Bishara Ebeid and Johan Gärde with case from Lebanon, but also with the captivating perspective of George A. Kiraz on the identity of the Syriac Orthodox community emigrated to US, documented on the basis of archive collections. A current issue is highlighted by Martin Tamcke about the letter of Mor Ignatius Aphrem II to the secretary of World Council of Churches in 2018, in the context of the war in Syria. The volume closes with a chapter by Elizabeth Monier dedicated to the Gulf countries and an insight into bilateral relationships between Ethiopia and Romania by A. B?rbieru. All the papers contribute to a virtual journey into the New Middle East the reader can undertake supported by maps such as Terrestrial Jerusalem's data-base, The Inglehart-Welzel Cultural Map, and The Confessional Divide of Beirut"-- Back cover |
| Notes |
"This volume is the result of a conference held in Bucharest, March 6-9, 2019"--Introduction |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Politics and government
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Civilization
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Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Congresses
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Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century -- Congresses
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Middle East -- Civilization -- Congresses
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Middle East -- Religion -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Popa, Catalin-Stefan, editor.
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Mladinoiu, Adrian, editor.
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| ISBN |
9783447198219 |
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3447198214 |
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