Eastern Christianity in the Modern Middle East

The Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity and the home to a number of Eastern Churches with millions of followers. This book provides a comprehensive survey of the various denominations in the modern Middle East and will be of interest to a wide variety of scholars and students studying theology, history and politics. <p>1. `Peter, Paul and James of Jerusalem’: The Doctrinal and Political Evolution of the Eastern and Oriental Churches <em>Emma Loosley</em> 2.The Syrian Orthodox Church in the Modern Middle East and Beyond <em>Sebastian Brock</em> 3. The Maronite Patriarchate and Church in Modern Lebanon <em>Fiona McCallum</em> 4. The Church of the East and the Chaldean Church in Modern Iraq and the Middle East <em>John Healey</em> 5. The Coptic Orthodox Church in Modern Egypt <em>Anthony O’Mahony</em> 6. Armenian Christianity in the Modern Middle East <em>John Whooley</em> 7. Eastern Orthodoxy in the Modern Middle East: The Greek Orthodox of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem<em> Sortiris Roussos</em> 8. Between Rome and Antioch: Syrian Catholic Church in the modern Middle East <em>Anthony O’Mahony</em></p>