Peaceable Responses to Persecution: The Experience of Eastern Christian Communities in the Middle East
The experience of Orthodox Christians in the Middle East in responding nonviolently to religious persecution provides a little-known example of peacemaking in situations of conflict between religious communities. Since the rise of Islam, Christians in this region have typically endured a tolerated s...
| Published in: | Journal of ecumenical studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2018
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Journal of ecumenical studies
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| IxTheo Classification: | CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CH Christianity and Society KBL Near East and North Africa KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Coptic Orthodox
B Egypt B Persecution B Peacemaking B Syria B Palestine B Eastern Orthodox B Middle East B Economic Liberty B Islam B Orthodox Christianity B Reconciliation B Syriac Orthodox B Nonviolence B Israel B Interreligious Dialogue |
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| Summary: | The experience of Orthodox Christians in the Middle East in responding nonviolently to religious persecution provides a little-known example of peacemaking in situations of conflict between religious communities. Since the rise of Islam, Christians in this region have typically endured a tolerated status that imposes various restrictions on their religious, political, and economic freedoms. Practices of interreligious dialogue, nonviolent response to enemies, and philanthropic outreach to the needy are characteristic of communities of Eastern Orthodox, Syriac Orthodox, and Coptic Orthodox Christians throughout the Middle East. Their spokespersons advocate for societies in which all citizens, irrespective of religious identity, have equal status and live together in peace. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2018.0026 |