Bethlehem's Syriac Christians : self, nation and church in dialogue and practice / Mark D. Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calder, Mark D., author.

Series:

Modern Muslim world (Piscataway, NJ) ; 4.

The modern Muslim world ; 4.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syrian Orthodox Church--West Bank--Bethlehem.

Syrian Orthodox Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages).

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An anthropological study of Syriac Orthodox Christian identity in a time of displacement, upheaval, and conflict. For some Syriac Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem, their self-articulation - the means by which they connect themselves to others, things, places and symbols - is decisively influenced by their eucharistic ritual. This ritual connects being siryāni to a redeemed community or 'body', and derives its identity in large part from the Incarnation of God as an Aramaic-speaking Bethlehemite.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION: FROM BIBLE-USE TO BETHLEHEM'S SYRIAC CHRISTIANS

CHAPTER ONE: ARTICULATING THE BETHLEHEM ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER TWO: DIALOGUES OF DISPLACEMENT

CHAPTER THREE: SYRIAN NARRATIVES IN THE BETHLEHEM ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER FOUR: PRAYER AND SELF-ARTICULATION IN THE SYRIAC ORTHODOX EUCHARIST

CHAPTER FIVE: AUTHORITY AND IMAGINATION IN SYRIAN SELF-ARTICULATIONS

CHAPTER SIX: "WHO IS BOB?" TOWARDS AN ANTHROPOLOGY WITH ECCLESIOLOGY

AFTERWORD: WHAT ABOUT POWER?

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781463237226

1463237227

OCLC:

1100435862