Cragg, Kenneth,

The Arab Christian : a history in the Middle East / [print] Kenneth Cragg. - first edition. - Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster/John Knox Press, (c)1991. - 336 pages ; 24 cm.



Arab and Christian : strands of identity -- In Arabia before Islam -- Arabicization and Dar al-Islam -- Christian and Muslim in the early centuries -- The European factor -- The Ottoman centuries -- Modern Arabs and the intentions of Arabism -- Perspectives of Egypt -- The tragedy of Lebanon -- Arab Christianity and Israel -- The Arab Christian soul in poetry, art, and liturgy -- A future with Islam?



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Christians--History.--Arab countries
Arabs--Religion.

BR1067 BR1067.C885.A733 1991