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Syriac Churches Encountering Islam : Past Experiences and Future Perspectives, Hardback Book

Syriac Churches Encountering Islam : Past Experiences and Future Perspectives Hardback

Edited by Dietmar Winkler

Part of the Pro Oriente Studies in the Syriac Tradition series

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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.

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