"Eli, Eli, lama shabaqtani". The Christian condition in the Middle East
The article focuses on the situation of the Christians in the Middle East and defines their collective fate in terms of the “Christian condition.” The main argument sustains that the tragedy of the Christian condition in the Middle East lies in the crisis of the secular State, which is the consequen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Relaciones Internacionales
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Revista Colección |
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| Online Access: | https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/COLEC/article/view/880 |
| Summary: | The article focuses on the situation of the Christians in the Middle East and defines their collective fate in terms of the “Christian condition.” The main argument sustains that the tragedy of the Christian condition in the Middle East lies in the crisis of the secular State, which is the consequence of both the emergence of the Islamic factor as well as Western interventions since the Crusades up to the colonial period and the US military intervention and occupation of Iraq in 2003. From this perspective, what is happening currently is not merely the repetition of History; it rather marks a continuity of a path of inequality in Muslim societies during different historical periods and foreign/Western interventions, which both in the past and the present were truly concerned with the destiny of Christianity in the Middle East. |
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| ISSN: | 0328-7998 1850-003X |