Inter-confessional relations in nineteenth-century Syria: Damascus, Homs and Hama compared
This article examines relations between Muslims and Christians in Syria during the later Ottoman period in light of social science literature on ethnicity and ethnic conflict. It argues that the social science literature illuminates the historiography of this question by bringing to the fore histori...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[1996]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 1996, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 213-224 |
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| Summary: | This article examines relations between Muslims and Christians in Syria during the later Ottoman period in light of social science literature on ethnicity and ethnic conflict. It argues that the social science literature illuminates the historiography of this question by bringing to the fore historians' underlying assumptions about religion and ethnicity. By comparing three Syrian towns with contrasting histories of inter-communal relations, the article argues that religious consciousness in Syria ought not to be understood in strictly primordialist terms. Rather, a more circumstantialist approach is needed where specific conditions transform an otherwise unproblematic situation of religious diversity into one of inter-confessional hatred and strife. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596419608721082 |