Christian Citizenship in the Middle East : Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging?
Girma, Mohammed.
Christian Citizenship in the Middle East : Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging? - 1st ed. - London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. ©2017. - 1 online resource (162 pages)
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Intro -- Christian Citizenship in the Middle East: Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging? Edited by Mohammed Girma and Cristian Romocea -- Foreword - Paul S. Williams -- Introduction - Cristian Romocea, Oxford, UK -- 1. Citizenship: A Christian Conception - Mohammed Girma, Swindon, UK -- 2. The Bible, Christianity and Patriotism - Nigel Biggar, Oxford, UK -- 3. Social Harmony in the Middle East: The Christian Contributions - Najib George Awad, Connecticut, USA -- 4, A Place to Call Home: Middle Eastern Christian Experience of Living on the Intersection of Two Allegiances - Issa Diab, Lebanon -- 5. Migration, Dual Identity and Integration: A Christian Approach to Embracing Others across Enduring Lines of Difference - C.A. Strine, Sheffield, UK -- 6. Citizens, Migrants and States - Ben Ryan, London, UK -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributor Biographies -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Blank Page.
Christians living in Muslim-majority states face a difficult question - should they retreat from public life, join in culturally while confining their Christian practice or approach the system in a critically engaged way as Christians? These essays use the vision of citizenship presented in the New Testament to show how the latter is possible.
9781784506483
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Christian Citizenship in the Middle East : Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging? - 1st ed. - London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017. ©2017. - 1 online resource (162 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Intro -- Christian Citizenship in the Middle East: Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging? Edited by Mohammed Girma and Cristian Romocea -- Foreword - Paul S. Williams -- Introduction - Cristian Romocea, Oxford, UK -- 1. Citizenship: A Christian Conception - Mohammed Girma, Swindon, UK -- 2. The Bible, Christianity and Patriotism - Nigel Biggar, Oxford, UK -- 3. Social Harmony in the Middle East: The Christian Contributions - Najib George Awad, Connecticut, USA -- 4, A Place to Call Home: Middle Eastern Christian Experience of Living on the Intersection of Two Allegiances - Issa Diab, Lebanon -- 5. Migration, Dual Identity and Integration: A Christian Approach to Embracing Others across Enduring Lines of Difference - C.A. Strine, Sheffield, UK -- 6. Citizens, Migrants and States - Ben Ryan, London, UK -- Conclusion -- References -- Contributor Biographies -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Blank Page.
Christians living in Muslim-majority states face a difficult question - should they retreat from public life, join in culturally while confining their Christian practice or approach the system in a critically engaged way as Christians? These essays use the vision of citizenship presented in the New Testament to show how the latter is possible.
9781784506483
Fernzugriff