Christian Agency and Lutheran Personal Status Laws in Palestine
Abstract In describing Christianity in the Middle East, scholars often highlight religious oppression, especially in relation to the larger Islamic context. Such contentious descriptions often cast Christians in the role of dhimmis , who are tolerated but not regarded as equal members of Muslim soci...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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Exchange
Year: 2020, Volume: 49, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 278-296 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBL Near East and North Africa KDD Protestant Church XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
personal status laws
B Agency B Lutheran Church B Sharia B Middle Eastern Christians B Ecclesiastical Law B Palestine |
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| Summary: | Abstract In describing Christianity in the Middle East, scholars often highlight religious oppression, especially in relation to the larger Islamic context. Such contentious descriptions often cast Christians in the role of dhimmis , who are tolerated but not regarded as equal members of Muslim societies. Only in recent years some scholars have begun to modify their depictions of Christians and Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East. While Christians in the Middle East have experienced and in certain regions continue to experience persecution, solely portraying them as victims does not do justice to the reality on the ground. By means of a case study on Palestine, I argue that an examination of the interaction between sharia (Islamic law) and Christian personal status laws sheds a different light on Christian identity and Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East, and demonstrates the agency of Palestinian Christian communities in this respect. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Exchange
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341570 |