Syriac churches encountering Islam :: past experiences and future perspectives /

The present volume includes the papers of the first PRO ORIENTE Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg, Austria and concentrated on the Syriac Churches' experiences with Islam. The papers in this volume survey the whole history of these two communities from the times of the Four Cali...

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Corporate Author: Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum Salzburg, Austria
Other Authors: Winkler, Dietmar W.
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2010.
Series:Pro Oriente studies in the Syriac tradition ; 1.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:The present volume includes the papers of the first PRO ORIENTE Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg, Austria and concentrated on the Syriac Churches' experiences with Islam. The papers in this volume survey the whole history of these two communities from the times of the Four Caliphs through the Umayyad, Abbasid, and Ottoman periods. Topics include the personal status of Christians under Islam, the ecclesiastical response to the rise of Islam, the Indian experience and the present situation.
Item Description:"The results of the First Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum, which took place in Salzburg from 14 to 16 November, 2007, are now available in this book"--Preamble.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781463220624
1463220626

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