Christian Citizenship in the Middle East (eBook, ePUB)

Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging?
Redaktion: Girma, Mohammed; Romocea, Cristian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For Christians living as a persecuted minority in the Middle East, the question of whether their allegiance should lie with their faith or with the national communities they live in is a difficult one. This collection of essays aims to reconcile this conflict of allegiance by looking at the biblical vision of citizenship and showing that Christians can live and work as citizens of the state without compromising their beliefs and make a constructive contribution to the life of the countries they live in.

The contributors come from a range of prestigious academic and religious posts and provide analysis on a range of issues such as dual nationalism, patriotism and the increase of Islamic fundamentalism. An insightful look into the challenges religious minorities face in countries where they are a minority, these essays provide a peace-building and reconciliatory conclusion for readers to consider.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784506483
• Artikelnr.: 48796711

Autorenporträt

Edited by Mohammed Girma and Cristian Romocea. Foreword by Paul S. Williams

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword - Paul S Williams
British and Foreign Bible Society. Introduction; 1. Citizenship: A Christian Conception - Mohammed Girma
BFBS and University of Pretoria
South Africa; 2. The Bible and Patriotism - Nigel Biggar
University of Oxford
UK; 3. A Place to Call Home: Middle Eastern Christian Experience of Living on the Intersection of Two Allegiances - Issa Diab
Near East School of Theology
Lebanon; 4. The Contributions of Syrian Christians to Social Harmony - Najib Awad
Hartford Seminary
USA; 5. Displacement and Dual Identity: Faithful Presence Here and Now - Casey Strine
University of Sheffield
UK. 6. States
Citizens and Migration - Ben Ryan
Theos
London. Conclusion.