"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...

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Nebentitel:How do we see each other? : Interdisciplinary studies of relations between Abrahamic religions
1. VerfasserIn: Hager, Anna (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Routledge [2017]
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Jahr: 2017, Band: 38, Heft: 3, Seiten: 286-295
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Libanon / Christentum / Islam / Interreligiosität
RelBib Classification:AX Interreligiöse Beziehungen
BJ Islam
CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen
KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika
weitere Schlagwörter:B Lebanon
B Minority
B Interreligious Dialogue
B Christian-Muslim relations
B Eastern Christianity
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1469-9362
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2017.1317523