Christian Citizenship in the Middle East

Divided Allegiance or Dual Belonging?

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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For Christians living as a persecuted minority in the Middle East, the question of whether their allegiance should lie with their faith or with the national communities they live in is a difficult one. This collection of essays aims to reconcile this conflict of allegiance by looking at the biblical vision of citizenship and showing that Christians can live and work as citizens of the state without compromising their beliefs and make a constructive contribution to the life of the countries they live in.The contributors come from a range of prestigious academic and religious posts and provide analysis on a range of issues such as dual nationalism, patriotism and the increase of Islamic fundamentalism. An insightful look into the challenges religious minorities face in countries where they are a minority, these essays provide a peace-building and reconciliatory conclusion for readers to consider.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-07-21
Mått156 x 228 x 10 mm
Vikt246 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagJessica Kingsley Publishers
MedarbetareWilliams,PaulS.
ISBN9781785923333

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Foreword - Paul S Williams, British and Foreign Bible Society. Introduction; 1. Citizenship: A Christian Conception - Mohammed Girma, BFBS and University of Pretoria, South Africa; 2. The Bible and Patriotism - Nigel Biggar, University of Oxford, UK; 3. A Place to Call Home: Middle Eastern Christian Experience of Living on the Intersection of Two Allegiances - Issa Diab, Near East School of Theology, Lebanon; 4. The Contributions of Syrian Christians to Social Harmony - Najib Awad, Hartford Seminary, USA; 5. Displacement and Dual Identity: Faithful Presence Here and Now - Casey Strine, University of Sheffield, UK. 6. States, Citizens and Migration - Ben Ryan, Theos, London. Conclusion.

Since Jesus raised a denarius and instructed his incredulous bystanders to "render unto Caesar what is Caesars" but "to God what is Gods" Christians have labored to understand and to practice a kind of duel citizenship. The faithful, Christian political witness is on trial today, hardly more so than in this book's focused region of the Middle East, where followers of Jesus continue to live "under Caesar's sword." This is why Christian Citizenship in the Middle East is an urgent book, not just for scholars of Jesus' homeland, but for disciples on political pilgrimage all throughout the world, under many Caesars, owing many obligations - some perhaps proper patriotism, others needing vigorous resistance. This book is an indispensable guide for such a time as this.