Dominican Contributions to Christian Life in Mesopotamia-Iraq (c. 1750–2017)The Downside ReviewSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/PGFBJHKA/tei
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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.KristianGirlingDominican Contributions to Christian Life in Mesopotamia-Iraq (c. 1750–2017)http://syriaca.org/cbss/PGFBJHKAhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/PGFBJHKAhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/PGFBJHKAThe Downside Review136:2201885-98A community of particular significance in the development of Mesopotamian-Iraqi Christian life in the modern era was (and is) the Dominican Order which has had a sustained presence since the 18th century. This article serves as an overview of Dominican contributions to Syriac Christian life in Mesopotamia and reflects on the Order’s presence as part of the traditional plurality of Iraqi society. Notwithstanding the rise of Da’esh/ISIL since June 2014 multiple religious traditions continue to exist in Iraq. The willingness of wider Iraqi society to accept a Christian presence is easily forgotten in contemporary narratives which focus on sectarian discourses and avoid acknowledging that the Middle East is not dichotomous in perpetuity: there are wider considerations than Jewish-Muslim, Arab-Kurd, Arab-Persian &c. Moreover, while Islam is an ever present reality in the modern and contemporary Middle East, it is not the only reality.
Girling, Kristian. “Dominican Contributions to Christian Life in Mesopotamia-Iraq (c. 1750–2017).” The Downside Review 136:2 (2018): 85–98.
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