Bailey, Betty Jane,

Who are the Christians in the Middle East? / [print] Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : W.B. Eerdmans, (c)2003. - xii, 215 pages : map ; 23 cm



Our love affair with the Middle East : an introduction -- A Western Christian appreciation of Eastern Christianity The future of Christians in the Arab world The churches of the Middle East now work together -- The importance of Jerusalem to Christians -- A timeline of Christianity in the Middle East -- A word about numbers -- The origins of the diversity of Christianity in the Middle East -- The Eastern Orthodox family -- The Oriental Orthodox family -- The Catholic family -- The Evangelical (Protestant) family -- The Assyrian church of the East -- A brief history -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- The Holy Land : Israel and Palestine -- Iran -- Iraq -- Jordan -- Lebanon -- The Maghreb (North Africa) -- The Persian Gulf -- Sudan -- Syria -- Turkey. by David A. Kerr -- by Riad Jarjour --



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Christians--History.--Middle East
Church and state--History.--Middle East

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