TY - BOOK AU - O'Mahony,Anthony AU - Flannery,John TI - The Catholic Church in the contemporary Middle East: Studies for the synod for the Middle East SN - 9781901764611 (hbk.) : AV - BX1617. S96 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - London PB - Melisende, [distributor] Melisende N1 - Hardback; Preface – Anthony O’Mahony and John Flannery - p1 Foreword – Archbishop Louis Sako – p3 Introduction – Anthony O’Mahony – p7 Eastern Christian Identity: A Catholic Perspective – Antoine Audo SJ – p19 Towards a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East – Dietmar W Winkler – p37 Eastern Catholicism: Modern Historical, Ecclesial and Contemporary Contexts – Constantin Simon SJ – p69 Unity and Christian Presence in the Middle East – Frances Bouwen M.Afr – p87 The Syriac Churches of the Middle East and Dialogue with the Catholic Church – Sebastian Brock – p107 Eastern Catholic Ecclesial and Liturgy identity: a Melkite perspective – Robin Gibbons – p119 Liturgical theology and Christian identity: a reflection – Petrus Yousif – p131 The Renewal of the Coptic Catholic Church: Grappling with Identity and Alterity – Fadel Sidarouss SJ – p139 The Armenian Catholic Church in the Middle East – John Whooley – p153 Iraqi Christians: the Present Situation – Suha Rassam – p185 A Perspective on the Synod for the Middle East with regards to the Contribution Christianity makes to the Middle East, Society, Culture and Religion, from our Experience in Lebanon – Najla Chahda – p209 The Catholic Church’s thought on Judaism, Zionism and the State of Israel: mid-nineteenth century- 1965 – Dominique Trimbur – p225 Catholic-Jewish relations in the State of Israel: Theological Perspectives – David Neuhaus SJ – p237 The Theological Thought of Michel Sabbah in the Context of the Challenges to the Christian Presence in the Holy Land – Leonard Marsh – p253 Arabic Christian Relations with Islam: Retrieving from History, Expanding the Canon – Sydney H Griffith – p263 The Vatican, the Catholic Church, Islam and Christian-Muslim relations since Vatican II – Anthony O’Mahony – p291 Is a non-violent Interpretation of the Qur’an possible? – Michel Cuypers LBJ – p317 Christ in Islam and Muhammad, a Christian Evaluation: Theological Reflections on Tradition and Dialogue – John Flannery – p331 ER -