Tantur Ecumenical Institute LibraryWho are the Christians in the Middle East? /
Bailey, Betty Jane.
Who are the Christians in the Middle East? / Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2003. - xii, 215 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and index.
[from 2010 rev ed.]:
I. The churches of the Middle East -- A western Christian appreciation of Eastern Christianity / David A. Kerr -- The future of Christians in the Arab world / Riad Jarjour -- The churches of the Middle East now work together -- The importance of Jerusalem to Christians -- A timeline of Christianity in the Middle East -- A word about numbers -- II. Profiles of the churches -- The origins of the diversity of Christianity in the Middle East -- The Eastern Orthodox family -- The Oriental Orthodox family -- The Catholic family -- The evangelical (Protestant) family -- The Assyrian Church of the East -- III. Church and state in the Middle East -- A brief history -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- The holy land : Israel and Palestine -- Iran -- Iraq -- Jordan -- Lebanon -- The Maghreb (North Africa) -- The Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia -- Sudan -- Syria -- Turkey.
0802810209 (pbk.)
2002192839
Christians--History.--Middle East
Church and state--History.--Middle East
Middle East--Church history.
BR1070 / .B25 2003
275.6 / B151w
Who are the Christians in the Middle East? / Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2003. - xii, 215 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and index.
[from 2010 rev ed.]:
I. The churches of the Middle East -- A western Christian appreciation of Eastern Christianity / David A. Kerr -- The future of Christians in the Arab world / Riad Jarjour -- The churches of the Middle East now work together -- The importance of Jerusalem to Christians -- A timeline of Christianity in the Middle East -- A word about numbers -- II. Profiles of the churches -- The origins of the diversity of Christianity in the Middle East -- The Eastern Orthodox family -- The Oriental Orthodox family -- The Catholic family -- The evangelical (Protestant) family -- The Assyrian Church of the East -- III. Church and state in the Middle East -- A brief history -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- The holy land : Israel and Palestine -- Iran -- Iraq -- Jordan -- Lebanon -- The Maghreb (North Africa) -- The Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia -- Sudan -- Syria -- Turkey.
0802810209 (pbk.)
2002192839
Christians--History.--Middle East
Church and state--History.--Middle East
Middle East--Church history.
BR1070 / .B25 2003
275.6 / B151w