The Mediterranean Society
Subtitle: A Challenge for Islam, Judaism and Christianity (Forward Studies)
Contributors: Marc Luyckx (Editor); Forward Studies Unit at the European Commission (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9780312216009
Subjects: Religion (Specific Aspects); Religion - World Religions; Religion; Comparative Religion; History; Religion / General; General; Christianity; Congresses; Islam; Judaism; Mediterranean Region
First sentence: One obvious point that goes virtually without saying is that the peoples to the north of the Mediterranean are broadly within the Christian tradition whereas those to the south tend to belong to the Muslim tradition; the Jewish tradition is present among minorities of differing sizes that exert a considerable cultural influence both because they have such a long history and because they are fascinating in themselves and have often been the buffer for internal tensions in Mediterranean societies.