Author : Betty Jane Bailey
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 35,7 MB
Release : 2003-03-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780802810205
Points of interest* Presents a unique outlook on the Middle East* Relevant to current events in the world* Useful for the study of religion, politics, and other fields
Author : Sotiris Roussos
Publisher : Transnational Press London
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 33,93 MB
Release : 2023-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1801352259
Christian communities are deeply rooted in the Middle East, starting their witness since the first centuries of Christianity. The last hundred years of Middle East Christianity’s history went through a series of profound crises. Displacement by war, genocide and occupation leading to loss, emigration and exile seem to be the main experience of Christianity in the modern Middle East. Against this background of displacement, Christians have sought to resettle and build anew when allowed. They have been able to make significant cultural, political and economic contribution to Middle Eastern societies. In the last thirty years they are again facing ominous threat of extinction. Entering the new millennium, they are confronted with major difficulties and transformations in world politics. From 2011 Christians particularly in Syria and Iraq, have been suffering death and destruction in the hands of extremist Islamist groups. The volume is a fresh approach to the study of the Christian communities in the Middle East examining their relation to state, identity and politics. It questions main presuppositions and perceptions regarding Christianity in the Middle East, casts new light on the living Christian communities in the region and reflects on their future role. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: THE “CANARY IN THE MINE” OR THE FATE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - Sotiris Roussos ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: LOSING THE PAST IN THE FUTURE? - Hratch Tchilingirian ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY THEORY: CHRISTIAN ‘EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY’ IN EGYPT AND LEBANON - Zakia Aqra, Stavros Drakoularakos & Charitini Petrodaskalaki MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANITY IN SYRIA AND IRAQ: AT THE EPICENTRE OF THE RISE OF THE ISLAMIC STATE - Stavros Drakoularakos TURKISH POLICIES VIS-À-VIS CHRISTIANS: FROM EXCLUSION TO INCLUSION TO EXCLUSION AGAIN - Nikos Christofis THE GREEK/PALESTINIAN DIVIDE WITHIN THE JERUSALEM ORTHODOX CHURCH: THE INSTITUTIONAL ASPECT - Konstantinos Papastathis THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE STATE: THE MIDDLE EAST CONNECTION - Ilias Tasopoulos CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND US MIDDLE EAST POLICY: FOREIGN POLICY IN THE SERVICE OF GOD’S WILL - Marina Eleftheriadou CHRISTIANITY IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST: CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE CHALLENGES - Anthony O’Mahony
Author : Simon Shui-Man KWAN
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 29,30 MB
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9819926416
This book offers a cross-cultural and inter-religious understanding of the ways social transformation in Asia is related to Asian spiritualities. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from different cultures and fields of study, it collates cutting-edge research and applies it to the role of Asian spiritualities in social transformation. Spirituality has garnered increasing attention in recent years across diverse fields of research and practice, from psychology and healthcare, to anthropology, education, sociology, political sciences, social work, feminist studies, cultural studies, religious studies, theology, philosophy, and so on. However, the term means different things within these different disciplines. Spirituality can be understood to be private and personal, but also public and societal, not only as a force that brings about change but also one that helps maintain the status quo – not only as a core element in religion but also as something disconnected from it. This book poses that to gain a firm grasp of spirituality, one needs to traverse these different terrains. Disbarring the orientalist understanding of spirituality that is often found embedded in stereotypes of the East as mystical, esoteric, and spiritual, in contrast to the West as scientific and rational, this book deconstructs this binarism to enable a sophisticated understanding of the diversity within Eastern and Western spiritualities. It presents “Asian spirituality” as a misnomer, focusing on the plurality of spiritualties and the region’s multifaceted religiosity, and it also excavates interfaith terrains. It is of interest to social scientists, theologians and religious scholars, and students and researchers interested in Asian spiritualties and social movements
Author : Vrej Nersessian
Publisher : Oxford, England : Clio Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Carl Anderson
Publisher : Square One Publishers, Inc.
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 12,54 MB
Release : 2021-01-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0757055044
Early in this nation’s history, America was populated by many different faith-based communities, each in search of a place to practice its religion. Initially, there was conflict, but by the time our Founding Fathers were ready to establish an independent nation, the idea of religious tolerance had become deeply ingrained in this brave new country’s design. So much so that when the United States Constitution was ratified, it contained a document known as The Bill of Rights—ten amendments detailing the rights of this country’s citizens. And the very First Amendment states,“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. . . .” Here lies the foundation of the principle for the separation of state and religion. Over the past few decades, however, the power of the state has usurped a growing number of rights clearly ascribed to those who wish to practice their faith. This has certainly not gone unnoticed by many religious organizations. As the supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson has taken an active role in highlighting—and protecting against–this ever-growing governmental infringement over fundamental religious freedom. Here in his latest book, These Liberties We Hold Sacred, New York Times best-selling author Carl Anderson has gathered together many of his most thought-provoking speeches, articles, and essays that lay bare the facts of this unjustified restriction of religious beliefs. The power of his words makes it clear that if nothing is done now, there will continue to be more erosion of these special freedoms set forth by our Founding Fathers. Carl Anderson has a gift for writing eloquently, understandably, and directly. His book These Liberties We Hold Sacred is a call to action to first understand what is happening to our religious and personal freedoms and then do all we can to hold on to these precious rights before more of them slip away.
Author : Aram Kʻēshishean
Publisher :
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 36,3 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Christian Union
ISBN :
Author : Publitec Publications
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2006-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9782903188245
This new edition provides biographical information on 2,000 prominent and distinguished persons in Lebanon, including foreign residents, who by virtue of their achievements in their respective fields or by the influential positions they hold, have gained recognition in public life or in private sections.
Author : Ion Bria
Publisher :
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 21,95 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Sense of Ecumenical Tradition - The Ecumenical Vision & Witness of the Orthodox
Author : Aram Kʻēshishean
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Christian union
ISBN :
Author : Abdulla Al-Modhaki
Publisher : Al Manhal
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN :
This book is dedicated to all those Palestinian Freedom Fighters who have laid down their lives in the noble cause of freeing their lands and on behalf of all Muslims, who are defendingAl-Aqsa Mosque. Moreover, on behalf of all humanity symbolizing a ray of hope against illegal and unjust occupation of the aggressor. Descriptor(s): ISLAMIC EPISTEMOLOGY | JUDAISM | THE HOLY KORAN | ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT | ZIONISM | REVOLUTIONS | HEGEMONISM | CIVILIZATION
