• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Syriac Churches Encountering Islam : Past Experiences and Future Perspectives
  • Contains: Frontmatter
    Table of Contents
    Preambles
    Cardinal Walter Kasper
    Archbishop Alois Kothgasser
    President Johann Marte
    Syriac Churches Encountering Islam: Editor's Note
    I. Islam In Syriac Sources
    Muslim-Christian Dialogue In Syriac Sources
    II. Syriac Churches In The Times Of The Four Caliphs
    The Syriac-Speaking Churches And The Muslims In The Medinan Era Of Muḥammad And The Four Caliphs
    III. Syriac Churches in the Umayyad Period (661-750)
    The Syrian Churches during the Umayyad Era
    Christian responses to Islam in the Umayyad Period
    IV. Syriac Churches in the Abbasid Period
    The Contribution of Mesopotamian Christianity during the Abbasid Period
    The Interaction of Syriac Christianity and the Muslim World in the Period of the Syriac Renaissance
    V. Syriac Churches in the Ottoman Period
    The Personal Status of Christians in the Ottoman Empire
    Syrian Churches encountering Islam in the Ottoman Period: Some aspects
    VI. The Indian Experience with Islam
    Christian-Muslim Relationships on the Malabar Coast
    VII. Present Situation and Future Perspectives
    Christian Minorities in the Countries of the Middle East: A Glimpse to the Present situation and future Perspectives
    Relations between Christians and Muslims in Iraq - A brief Statement
    Culture and Coexistence in Syria
    Christians build a State - Lebanon
    VIII. Appendices
    First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum Final Report
    First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum - Press Communiqué
    First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum -Invited Participants
    Third meeting of the Pro Oriente Forum Syriacum - Press Release 2008
  • Contributor: Al-Jamil, Mar Julius Mikhael [Contributor]; Griffith, Sydney H. [Contributor]; Ibrahim, Mar Gregorios Yohanna [Contributor]; Risk, Karam [Contributor]; Sako, Mar Louis [Contributor]; Soro, Mar Bawai [Contributor]; Tamcke, Martin [Contributor]; Teule, Herman [Contributor]; Varghese, Baby [Contributor]; Winkler, Dietmar W. [Contributor]; Winkler, Dietmar W. [Editor]; Yacoub, Joseph [Contributor]
  • Published: Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, [2010]
  • Published in: Pro Oriente Studies in the Syriac Tradition
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (265 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.31826/9781463220624
  • ISBN: 9781463220624
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  • Keywords: Christianity and other religions Islam ; Islam Relations Christianity ; Syrian churches History ; RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: The present volume includes the papers of the first PRO ORIENTE Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg, Austria and concentrated on the Syriac Churches’ experiences with Islam. The papers in this volume survey the whole history of these two communities from the times of the Four Caliphs through the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman periods. Topics include the personal status of Christians under Islam, the ecclesiastical response to the rise of Islam, the Indian experience and the present situation
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