The past decade has inaugurated a devastating new reality for the Christian minorities of Iraq and Syria. The survival of these vulnerable communities has bee jeopardized by a deadly triad composed of the security vacuum resulting from the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Islamist violence, and the consequences of despotic power. This chapter presents the […]
Lecture at the Faculty of Theology, Istanbul University, May 10, 2016 Muslims are not the only monotheists who have had to puzzle over the authority of scripture in relation to other sources of authority. In particular, Qur’an only ideas are superficially similar to Protestant ideas about the Bible. One rallying cry of post-reformation Protestants was
Are Qur’anists the Protestants of Islam? Read More »
As the Islamic State has advanced in Northern Iraq, the on-going destruction of Christian communities in Mosul has been widely publicized. Recent advances by the ID into Kurdish territory now endanger another ancient religious community, the Yazidis. In this post on Syria Comment, Matthew Barber, whose research on the Yazidis is partially supported by the
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Week of March 21-28. Venue and time TBA.
Plato’s Shade: Does Idealism Corrupt the Theology of Creation? Read More »
الموضوعات ذات الأهمية ل إيسرمي التاريخ وعلم الاجتماع لمجتمعات الأقليات الدينية في الشرق الأوسط — تاريخ التفاعل بين الطوائف الدينية في منطقة الشرق — الأوسط. إمكانيات وحدود التفسير عبر الحدود الدينية — وجهات النظر التاريخيه ,والفلسفية، واللاهوتية, والسياسية والقانونية وتأثيرهاعلى حرية الضمير — التعددية الدينية في المنظور التاريخي واللاهوتي — النشاط التبشيري والتبشير — وجهات
Daniel Brown İslam Düşüncesinde Sünneti Yeniden Düşünmek (Orijnal: Rethinking Tradition in Modern İslamic Thought) ve A New Introductıon to Islam yazarıdır. Doktorasını Chicago Üniversitesi’nde İslam Araştırmaları bölümünde yaptı. Mount Holyoke Koleji ve Smith Koleji’nde öğretmenlik görevinde bulundu ve İslamabad’da İslami Üniversitesi, Lahore’da Islami Kültür Enstitütüsü, ve Mısır’da Kahire Üniversitesi’nde araştırmacı olarak çalıştı. Modern entelektüel tarih,
وغالبا ما يصور المشهد الديني في الشرق الأوسط شعبيا بامم متجانسة، أو في أحسن الأحوال على أنها مجموعة من الدول المتجانسة دينيا – دولة شيعية، دولة يهودية، دولة وهابية، و كوكبة من الدول السنية . هذا الانطباع من التجانس في كثير من الأحيان وقد رافق وتم تطويره من قبل الأيديولوجيات القومية، وكان في كثير من
دراسة المجتمعات المتدينه في الشرق الاوسط Read More »
Samuel Noble and Alexander Treiger (eds.), The Orthodox Church in the Arab World (700-1700): An Anthology of Sources, DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2014. An anthology of primary sources — the first in English. Useful to scholars in the field, university professors who teach courses on the subject, and anyone interested in Muslim-Christian relations, Church history, and
The Orthodox Church in the Arab World Read More »
Erica Hunter, “Coping in Kurdistan: the Christian Diaspora” in Religious Minorities of Kurdistan, edited by Dr. Khanna Omarkhali and will be published by Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden in 2014 as part of the Studies in Oriental religions series.
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Communities of Faith: Religious and Scientific Traditions of Inquiry How should we think of the relationship of religious faith and rationality? Sponsored by the ISRME and the Society for the Philosophy of Religion. Marmara University Ilahiyat Faculty, Mehmet Cengiz Building, Hall # 219
Timothy O’Connor Lecture, Istanbul, November 29, 2:30pm Read More »
