Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine / Laura Robson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robson, Laura.

Series:

Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant.

Jamal and Rania Daniel series in contemporary history, politics, culture, and religion of the Levant

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and politics--Palestine--History--20th century.

Christianity and politics.

Mandates--Palestine.

Mandates.

Palestinian Arabs--Religion.

Palestinian Arabs.

Palestine--Church history--20th century.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on a rich base of British archival materials, Arabic periodicals, and secondary sources, Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine brings to light the ways in which the British colonial state in Palestine exacerbated sectarianism. By transforming Muslim, Christian, and Jewish religious identities into legal categories, Laura Robson argues, the British ultimately marginalized Christian communities in Palestine. Robson explores the turning points that developed as a result of such policies, many of which led to permanent changes in the region's political landscapes. Cases include the British refusal to support Arab Christian leadership within Greek-controlled Orthodox churches, attempts to avert involvement from French or Vatican-related groups by sidelining Latin and Eastern Rite Catholics, and interfering with Arab Christians' efforts to cooperate with Muslims in objecting to Zionist expansion. Challenging the widespread but mistaken notion that violent sectarianism was endemic to Palestine, Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine shows that it was intentionally stoked in the wake of British rule beginning in 1917, with catastrophic effects well into the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Palestinian Christian elites from the late Ottoman era to the British Mandate

Reinventing the Millet system: British imperial policy and the making of communal politics

The Arab Orthodox movement

Appropriating sectarianism: the brief emergence of pan-Christian communalism, 1929-1936

Palestinian Arab Episcopalians under mandate

Epilogue: the consequences of sectarianism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-292-73548-0

OCLC:

760887950