Constantin Alexandrovich Panchenko Samuel Noble Brittany Pheiffe
Following the so called "Arab Spring" the world's attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predominantly Islamic Middle East. Of these minorities Christians are by far the largest, comprising over 10% of the population in Syria and as much as 40% in Lebanon.The largest single group of Christians are the Arabic-speaking Orthodox. The author draws on archaeological evidence and previously unpublished primary sources uncovered in Russian archives and Middle Eastern monastic libraries to present a vivid and compelling account of this vital but...
Following the so called "Arab Spring" the world's attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predomi...
Constantin Alexandrovich Panchenko Samuel Noble Brittany Pheiffe
Following the so called Arab Spring the world s attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predominantly Islamic Middle East. Of these minorities Christians are by far the largest, comprising over 10% of the population in Syria and as much as 40% in Lebanon.The largest single group of Christians are the Arabic-speaking Orthodox. This work fills a major lacuna in the scholarship of wider Christian history and more specifically that of lived religion within the Ottoman empire. The author draws on archaeological evidence and previously...
Following the so called Arab Spring the world s attention has been drawn to the presence of significant minority religious groups within the predomina...