Who Are the Christians in the Middle East? : Second Edition
by BAILEY BETTY JANEEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-11-12
Publisher(s): Eerdmans Pub Co
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Summary
Combining highly readable essays on history and culture, profiles of individual church bodies, and country-by-country discussions of the current state of Christianity in the Middle East, this well-researched volume provides an informed introduction to the diverse - now widely marginalized - Christian minority in a volatile part of the world.
Author Biography
Betty Jane Bailey is a consultant to the Middle East Office of the Common Global Ministries Board, UCC/Disciples of Christ. J. Martin Bailey is director of development for Worldwide Faith News and media consultant to the Hartford-based interfaith project Faith Communities Today. Both are ordained ministers in the United Church of Christ.
Table of Contents
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. ix |
| Our Love Affair with the Middle East: An Introduction | p. xi |
| The Churches of the Middle East | |
| A Western Christian Appreciation of Eastern Christianity | p. 3 |
| The Future of Christians in the Arab World | p. 12 |
| The Churches of the Middle East Now Work Together | p. 22 |
| The Importance of Jerusalem to Christians | p. 32 |
| A Timeline of Christianity in the Middle East | p. 37 |
| A Word about Numbers | p. 44 |
| Profiles of the Churches | |
| The Origins of the Diversity of Christianity in the Middle East | p. 49 |
| The Eastern Orthodox Family | p. 56 |
| The Oriental Orthodox Family | p. 69 |
| The Catholic Family | p. 82 |
| The Evangelical (Protestant) Family | p. 101 |
| The Assyrian Church of the East | p. 134 |
| Church and State in the Middle East | |
| A Brief History | p. 141 |
| Cyprus | p. 145 |
| Egypt | p. 148 |
| The Holy Land: Israel and Palestine | p. 154 |
| Iran | p. 164 |
| Iraq | p. 168 |
| Jordan | p. 173 |
| Lebanon | p. 178 |
| The Maghreb (North Africa) | p. 185 |
| The Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia | p. 189 |
| Sudan | p. 195 |
| Syria | p. 199 |
| Turkey | p. 204 |
| Annotated Bibliography, including Websites | p. 210 |
| Index | p. 214 |
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