Explores cultural formation, with special reference to modes of belonging, for three Turkish Protestant congregations in Istanbul. Charles Faroe.
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While Abraham is often seen as a common starting point for dialogue among monotheistic faith communities, many approaches to “Abrahamic dialogue” do not grapple with the Abrahamic texts of Genesis and the Qur’an in enough detail for meaningful comparison. This work introduces a model for comparing particular Biblical and Qur’anic narratives, along with their use by
Since the late Nineteenth Century the idea that the Qurʾan should serve as the sole source of Islamic faith and practice has been articulated by a variety of Muslim thinkers in a variety of places. The idea itself is easily summarized: If the Qurʾan stands alone as the pure revelation of God, perfect and incomparable
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
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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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
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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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Edited by Anh Nga Longva and Anne Sofie Roald Publisher’s note: The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always so is to give a simplified picture of a complex reality. Such a
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Mapping the Global Muslim Population – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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As part of the Jinnah Institute’s Open Democracy initiative, ‘A Question of Faith’: A Report on the Status of Religious Minorities in Pakistan’ is a research-based analysis of the same. It documents the deterioration in the political, economic and social status of members of these communities in the context of the rising tide of vigilante violence and
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