Narrow Gate Churches
Subtitle: The Christian Presence in the Holy Land Under Muslim and Jewish Rule
Publisher: Hope Publishing House
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781932717020
Subjects: Religion - Church History; Palestine; General; Religion; Christianity - History - General; Church history; Christians; History; Jerusalem
First sentence: For the last half century, the overwhelming political ideology dominating my generation of Israel's Arab minority has been basically secular, anti-imperialist and left leaning.
Description: "To protect their ancient churches from desecrating marauders on horseback, worshipers in the Holy Land centuries ago sealed off most of their doors to keep the invaders outside their sacred halls, thus the term narrow gate churches began to be used to describe the Christian worship centers in the Holy Land. This history of how Christians have kept the faith for two millennia under stressful conditions is a tribute to the courage and steadfastness of a remnant community which has miraculously survived under hostile regimes and straightened conditions (less)." --