Christianity : a history in the Middle East / Habib Badr, chief editor ; Suad Abou el Rouss Slim, assistant editor ; Joseph Abou Nohra, assistant editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Middle East Council of Churches studies & research programPublication details: Beirut, Lebanon : Middle East Council of Churches, Studies & Research Program, 2005.Description: 933 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 2825414247 (WCC : jacket)
  • 9782825414248 (WCC : jacket)
  • 9789953003436
  • 9953003432
Uniform titles:
  • Masīḥīhay ʻabr tārīkhihā fī al-Mashriq. English.
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 281 B144c
LOC classification:
  • BR1070 .M2613 2005
Other classification:
  • 11.50
Contents:
The Middle East Council of Churches : a brief presentation -- The funding bodies -- The Book Committee -- Forward [sic] / Guirguis Ibrahim Saleh -- Preface / Afaf Deeb-Kandis -- Introduction to the Arabic edition / the Editorial Committee -- Introduction to the English edition / Habib Badr -- Christianity in the 1st century. In the context of the Mediterranean civilizations : Judaic, Greek, Roman and Asian / Pierre Canivet. In the context of the Mediterranean civilizations : Coptic civilization / Gawdat Gabra -- Christianity in the Middle East, in the 2nd and 3rd centuries / Pierre Maraval -- Autocracy and religion in Byzantium, in the 4th and 5th centuries / Alain Ducellier -- The rise of Christian thought. Theological thought in the School of Alexandria / Tadros Yacoub Malaty. The theological schools of Antioch, Edessa and Nisibis / Sebastian Brock --^The shaping of Christian thought. The Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople / Joseph Buhagiar. The Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon, the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries / Metropolitan Bishoy -- The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : the Arab Christian tradition / Irfan Shahid --The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : churches of the Syriac tradition. The West Syriacs / Mār Sāwirus Isḥāk Sāka. The Assyrians (East Syriacs) / Mār Bawai Soro. The Maronites / Elias Khalifeh el-Hachem -- The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : churches of the Byzantine tradition / George Aṭiyyeh -- The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : churches of the Coptic tradition. The Copts / Gawdat Gabra. The Nubians / Gawdat Gabra. The Ethiopians / Getatchew Haili --^The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage : the Armenian Church : cultural role and heritage / Manoushag Boyadjian -- Ascetic movement in the East : origins, development and dissemination. In Egypt / Pope Shenouda III. In Syria, Iraq and Palestine / Shafiq AbouZayd -- The deaconess in the Syriac Church / Clémence Hélou -- Arab Christianity before the rise of Islam / Irfan Shahid -- Christianity in the early Islamic decades (610-660) / Gérard Troupeau -- Christianity in the Umayyad era (661-750) / Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim -- The role of Christians in the Abbasid renaissance in Iraq and Syria (750-1050) / Samir Khalil Samir -- The Copts in the Faṭimīd era / Coptic Center for Social Studies -- Christians of the Middle East under the Franks. Motives for the Crusades : a European perspective / Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Crusades : a Middle Eastern perspective / Farah Firzli --^Christians in the non-Arab Islamic eras. Christians in the Ayyūbīd era / Farah Firzli. Christians under the Mamlūks / Jorgen Nielsen -- Christianity in the first Ottoman era (1516-1650) / Asterios Argyriou -- The development of Catholicism in the Middle East (16th to 19th century) / Bernard Heyberger -- Christians in the second Ottoman era (17th century). [Christians in the second Ottoman era (17th century)] / Vicenzo Poggi. The Copts / Samir Morcos -- Catholic missions in the Middle East / Salim Daccache -- Evangelical missions and churches in the Middle East. Introduction. Lebanon, Syria and Turkey / Habib Badr. Palestine and Jordan / Rafiq Farah. Egypt and Sudan / Adib Naguib Salamah. Iraq and the Gulf / Lewis R. Scudder, Jr. -- The renaissance of churches at the end of the Ottoman era (excluding Egypt) : the 18th and 19th centuries / Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen -- Revival of the Egyptian church since the middle of the 19th century / Metropolitan Bishoy --^Christians and the Arab Renaissance / Jerôme Chahine -- Origins of the principle of citizenship in the tradition of the Copts and the history of their country / William Suleiman Qalada -- Christians in the Arab East : an interpretation of contemporary history / Tarek Mitri -- Ecumenism in the Middle East. History / Jean Corbon. A personal experience / Gabriel Habib. Future horizons / Riad Jarjour -- Ecumenism on the threshold of the third millenium / Catholicos Aram I.
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Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 281 B144c (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000966993

"This book was prepared in cooperation between the Middle East Council of Churches and many churches of the region and some local, regional and international church-related and cultural organizations."--T.p. verso.

Includes errata slip.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [913]-926) and indexes.

The Middle East Council of Churches : a brief presentation -- The funding bodies -- The Book Committee -- Forward [sic] / Guirguis Ibrahim Saleh -- Preface / Afaf Deeb-Kandis -- Introduction to the Arabic edition / the Editorial Committee -- Introduction to the English edition / Habib Badr -- Christianity in the 1st century. In the context of the Mediterranean civilizations : Judaic, Greek, Roman and Asian / Pierre Canivet. In the context of the Mediterranean civilizations : Coptic civilization / Gawdat Gabra -- Christianity in the Middle East, in the 2nd and 3rd centuries / Pierre Maraval -- Autocracy and religion in Byzantium, in the 4th and 5th centuries / Alain Ducellier -- The rise of Christian thought. Theological thought in the School of Alexandria / Tadros Yacoub Malaty. The theological schools of Antioch, Edessa and Nisibis / Sebastian Brock --^The shaping of Christian thought. The Councils of Nicaea and Constantinople / Joseph Buhagiar. The Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon, the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries / Metropolitan Bishoy -- The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : the Arab Christian tradition / Irfan Shahid --The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : churches of the Syriac tradition. The West Syriacs / Mār Sāwirus Isḥāk Sāka. The Assyrians (East Syriacs) / Mār Bawai Soro. The Maronites / Elias Khalifeh el-Hachem -- The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : churches of the Byzantine tradition / George Aṭiyyeh -- The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage (5th to 8th century) : churches of the Coptic tradition. The Copts / Gawdat Gabra. The Nubians / Gawdat Gabra. The Ethiopians / Getatchew Haili --^The rise of Eastern churches and their heritage : the Armenian Church : cultural role and heritage / Manoushag Boyadjian -- Ascetic movement in the East : origins, development and dissemination. In Egypt / Pope Shenouda III. In Syria, Iraq and Palestine / Shafiq AbouZayd -- The deaconess in the Syriac Church / Clémence Hélou -- Arab Christianity before the rise of Islam / Irfan Shahid -- Christianity in the early Islamic decades (610-660) / Gérard Troupeau -- Christianity in the Umayyad era (661-750) / Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim -- The role of Christians in the Abbasid renaissance in Iraq and Syria (750-1050) / Samir Khalil Samir -- The Copts in the Faṭimīd era / Coptic Center for Social Studies -- Christians of the Middle East under the Franks. Motives for the Crusades : a European perspective / Jonathan Riley-Smith. The Crusades : a Middle Eastern perspective / Farah Firzli --^Christians in the non-Arab Islamic eras. Christians in the Ayyūbīd era / Farah Firzli. Christians under the Mamlūks / Jorgen Nielsen -- Christianity in the first Ottoman era (1516-1650) / Asterios Argyriou -- The development of Catholicism in the Middle East (16th to 19th century) / Bernard Heyberger -- Christians in the second Ottoman era (17th century). [Christians in the second Ottoman era (17th century)] / Vicenzo Poggi. The Copts / Samir Morcos -- Catholic missions in the Middle East / Salim Daccache -- Evangelical missions and churches in the Middle East. Introduction. Lebanon, Syria and Turkey / Habib Badr. Palestine and Jordan / Rafiq Farah. Egypt and Sudan / Adib Naguib Salamah. Iraq and the Gulf / Lewis R. Scudder, Jr. -- The renaissance of churches at the end of the Ottoman era (excluding Egypt) : the 18th and 19th centuries / Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen -- Revival of the Egyptian church since the middle of the 19th century / Metropolitan Bishoy --^Christians and the Arab Renaissance / Jerôme Chahine -- Origins of the principle of citizenship in the tradition of the Copts and the history of their country / William Suleiman Qalada -- Christians in the Arab East : an interpretation of contemporary history / Tarek Mitri -- Ecumenism in the Middle East. History / Jean Corbon. A personal experience / Gabriel Habib. Future horizons / Riad Jarjour -- Ecumenism on the threshold of the third millenium / Catholicos Aram I.

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