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The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook Series This contemporary series of academic handbooks provides authoritative guides to relevant and emerging topics across the humanities and social sciences. To encourage greater dialogue across disciplines, this series engages high-quality, original, and multi- disciplinary research on topics, themes, and key debates in academia today. • Each handbook draws together newly commissioned work to provide a compre- hensive benchmark for a field or subdiscipline • Individual handbooks include an international team of contributors with valuable expertise, knowledge, and perspective in their fields • Handbooks correspond to the latest topics on courses around the world Each handbook is available for purchase in both print and digital formats. For more information, see www.rowman.com. The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East Edited by Mitri Raheb and Mark A. Lamport The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Media Management and Business Edited by L. Meghan Mahoney and Tang Tang MASTHEAD PERSONNEL Editors Mitri Raheb Mark A. Lamport Introduction Heather J. Sharkey Foreword Philip Jenkins Editorial Advisory Board Martin Accad (Arab Baptist Theological Seminary, Lebanon) Charles E. Farhadian (Westmont College) Sidney H. Griffith (The Catholic University of America) Erica C. D. Hunter (University of London) Philip Jenkins (Baylor University) Akram Fouad Khater (North Carolina State University) Ussama S. Makdisi (Rice University) Fiona McCallum Guiney (University of St. Andrews, UK) David A. Michelson (Vanderbilt University) Duane Alexander Miller (Institute of Islamic Studies) Elizabeth Monier (University of Cambridge, UK) Joshua Ralston (University of Edinburgh, UK) Salam Rassi (Hill Museum & Manuscript Library) Meredith L. D. Riedel (Duke University/Duke Divinity School) Abdul M. Saadi (Baylor University) Martin Tamcke (Georg-August-Universität, Germany) Nelly van Doorn-Harder (Wake Forest University) Wafik Wahba (Tyndale Seminary, Canada) Deanna Ferree Womack (Emory University/Candler School of Theology) Editorial Consultants Tala Raheb Ron J. Bigalke J. Scott Bridger Philip Bustrum Benjamin Espinoza Trent Hancock Bryce Hantla Mel Wilhoit The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East Edited by MITRI RAHEB and MARK A. LAMPORT ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD Lanham • Boulder • New York • London Published by Rowman & Littlefield An imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com 6 Tinworth Street, London SE11 5AL, United Kingdom Copyright © 2021 by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Raheb, Mitri, editor. | Lamport, Mark A., editor. Title: The Rowman & Littlefield handbook of Christianity in the Middle East / edited by Mitri Raheb and Mark A. Lamport. Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. | Series: The Rowman & Littlefield handbook series | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “With 46 chapters, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Christianity in the Middle East spans the historical, socio-political and contemporary settings of the region and importantly describes the interactions that Christianity has had with other major/minor religions in the region”—Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020025695 (print) | LCCN 2020025696 (ebook) | ISBN 9781538124178 (cloth) | ISBN 9781538124185 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Christianity—Middle East. | Middle East—Church history. | Christianity and other religions—Middle East. Classification: LCC BR1070 .R69 2020 (print) | LCC BR1070 (ebook) | DDC 275.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020025695 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020025696 ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. For Mitri—To my fellow Middle Eastern Christians so that they may know their rich heritage and keep faith and hope alive. For Mark—To Tertullian, Origen, and Athanasius of Alexandria, who have been my teachers; and to Lydia Baker and Lennox Reisert, who will be. Contents List of figures xiii About the editors, introduction And foreword contributors, And editoriAL Advisory boArd xvii church growth And decLine in the MiddLe eAst Across the centuries by Todd M. Johnson xxi PrefAce by MiTri raheb and Mark a. LaMporT xxix foreword by phiLip Jenkins xxxv introduction by heaTher J. sharkey xxxix SECTION ONE • SOCIOHISTORICAL SKETCHES OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST Preview by saLaM rassi 1 1 Christianity within the Ancient Empires by James C. Skedros 5 2 Christological Debates and Divisions in Middle Eastern Christianity (400–550 CE) by Byard J. Bennett 16 3 The Rise of the Church of the East by Philip Michael Forness 27 4 Missionary Movements in Nisibis, Armenia, and the Silk Road by Salim Daccache SJ 44 5 Christianity within the Islamic Empires by Wafik Wahba 56 6 Christianity during the Crusades by Andrew Jotischky 66 7 Christianity within the Ottoman Empire by Bernard Heyberger 77 8 Christianity and European Colonial Rule by Hiroko Miyokawa 88 9 Mission Movements to and from the Middle East by Chantal Verdeil 99 ix
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