Chaldean Catholic Church

<p>This book provides a modern historical study of the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq from 2003 to 2013 against a background analysis of the origins and ecclesiological development of the Chaldean community from the sixteenth century onwards.</p><p></p><p>The book offers an insight into the formation of Chaldean ecclesiological identity and organisation in the context of the Chaldeans as a community originating from the ecclesial traditions of the Church of the East and as an Eastern Catholic Church in union with the Holy See. The book argues for the gradual and consistent development of a Chaldean identity grounded and incarnated in the Mesopotamian-Iraqi environment yet open to engaging with cultures throughout the Middle East and West Asia and especially since 2003 to Europe North America and Australasia. It also examines the effects of religious and administrative policies of the governors of Mesopotamia-Iraq on the Chaldeans from their formation in the sixteenth century until the installation of the new Chaldean patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako in March 2013. Furthermore the book provides a unique analysis of the history of Iraq by placing the Chaldeans fully into that narrative for the first time. </p><p></p><p>Providing a thorough overview of the history of the Chaldeans and an in-depth assessment of how the 2003 invasion has affected them this book will be a key resource for students and scholars of Middle East Studies Modern History History of Christianity as well as for anyone seeking to understand the modern status of Christians in Iraq and the wider Middle East.</p>