"Lebanon is more than a nation, more than a country. It is a message": Lebanon as a model of Christian-Muslim relations
Defining Lebanon as a model of Christian-Muslim relations seems surprising given its history of sectarian violence. This paper, however, investigates how, in recent years, key religious and political actors (the churches, official Islamic institutions, political parties, Hezbollah, Islamist movement...
| Published in: | Journal of beliefs and values |
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| Subtitles: | How do we see each other? : Interdisciplinary studies of relations between Abrahamic religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2017]
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| In: |
Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2017, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 286-295 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lebanon
/ Christianity
/ Islam
/ Interreligiosity
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Lebanon
B Minority B Interreligious Dialogue B Christian-Muslim relations B Eastern Christianity |
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| Summary: | Defining Lebanon as a model of Christian-Muslim relations seems surprising given its history of sectarian violence. This paper, however, investigates how, in recent years, key religious and political actors (the churches, official Islamic institutions, political parties, Hezbollah, Islamist movements) have attempted to establish Lebanon as a model for both Christian-Muslim relations and the Christian presence in the Middle-East. A historical and philological approach will question the idea that these discourses are merely symbolic, and instead display the motivations, the strategies and the limits in actually promoting interreligious relations. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2017.1317523 |