Syriac Churches Encountering Islam : Past Experiences and Future Perspectives / Dietmar W. Winkler.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Winkler, Dietmar W., editor.

Series:

Pro Oriente Studies in the Syriac Tradition

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2010]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The present volume includes the papers of the first PRO ORIENTE Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg, Austria and concentrated on the Syriac Churches’ experiences with Islam. The papers in this volume survey the whole history of these two communities from the times of the Four Caliphs through the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman periods. Topics include the personal status of Christians under Islam, the ecclesiastical response to the rise of Islam, the Indian experience and the present situation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preambles

Cardinal Walter Kasper

Archbishop Alois Kothgasser

President Johann Marte

Syriac Churches Encountering Islam: Editor's Note / Winkler, Dietmar W.

I. Islam In Syriac Sources

Muslim-Christian Dialogue In Syriac Sources / Sako, Mar Louis

II. Syriac Churches In The Times Of The Four Caliphs

The Syriac-Speaking Churches And The Muslims In The Medinan Era Of Muḥammad And The Four Caliphs / Griffith, Sydney H.

III. Syriac Churches in the Umayyad Period (661-750)

The Syrian Churches during the Umayyad Era / Ibrahim, Mar Gregorios Yohanna

Christian responses to Islam in the Umayyad Period / Winkler, Dietmar W.

IV. Syriac Churches in the Abbasid Period

The Contribution of Mesopotamian Christianity during the Abbasid Period / Soro, Mar Bawai

The Interaction of Syriac Christianity and the Muslim World in the Period of the Syriac Renaissance / Teule, Herman

V. Syriac Churches in the Ottoman Period

The Personal Status of Christians in the Ottoman Empire / Al-Jamil, Mar Julius Mikhael

Syrian Churches encountering Islam in the Ottoman Period: Some aspects / Tamcke, Martin

VI. The Indian Experience with Islam

Christian-Muslim Relationships on the Malabar Coast / Varghese, Baby

VII. Present Situation and Future Perspectives

Christian Minorities in the Countries of the Middle East: A Glimpse to the Present situation and future Perspectives / Yacoub, Joseph

Relations between Christians and Muslims in Iraq - A brief Statement / Sako, Mar Louis

Culture and Coexistence in Syria / Ibrahim, Mar Gregorios Yohanna

Christians build a State - Lebanon / Risk, Karam

VIII. Appendices

First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum Final Report

First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum - Press Communiqué

First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum -Invited Participants

Third meeting of the Pro Oriente Forum Syriacum - Press Release 2008

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Apr 2019)

ISBN:

9781463220624

1463220626

OCLC:

923106314