Who are the Christians in the Middle East? / Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c2003.Description: xii, 215 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802810209 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 275.6 B151w
LOC classification:
  • BR1070 .B25 2003
Contents:
[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.
Holdings
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Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 275.6 B151w (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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