Christian Persecution in the Middle East
Subtitle: A 21st Century Tragedy
Publisher: St. Augustines Press
Published: June 10, 2015
Place of publication: South Bend, Indiana, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781587314988
Description: In his new book, author and political commentator George J. Marlin, Chairman of Aid to the Church in Need - USA - an agency under the guidance of the Pope that supports the persecuted and suffering Church around the world - describes the sharp rise in Christian persecution in the Middle East. After brief narratives on the rise of Christianity, Islam, and terrorism in the Middle East, Marlin documents country by country, acts of twenty-first century Christian persecution that is nearing a bloody climax that could produce the unthinkable: a Middle East without Christianity and the destruction of an ancient patrimony that has been a vital link to the very birth of Christianity.
Table of contents: title: Works by George Martin; title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction; title: The Middle East: An Historic Overview
label: Part One; title: The Birth and Rise of Christianity in the Middle East
label: Chapt 1; title: The Birth and Rise of Islam and the Rise of Islamic Terrorism in the Middle East
label: Chapt 2; title: The Unthinkable in the 21st Century
label: Part Two; title: Turkey
label: Chapt 3; title: Egypt
label: Chapt 4; title: Lebanon
label: Chapt 5; title: Syria
label: Chapt 6; title: Iraq
label: Chapt 7; title: Iran
label: Chapt 8; title: Saudi Arabia
label: Chapt 9; title: Sudan/South Sudan
label: Chapt 10; title: Christian Perspectives on the Middle East
label: Part Three; title: Roundtable on the Plight of Christians in the Middle East
label: Chapt 11; title: 'Voices' on Christianity & Islam
label: Chapt 12; title: Bishop Elias Sleman - The Fate of Christians in the Middle East; title: Bishop Angaelos - Meeting the Challenges Faced by Christians in the Middle East; title: Sister Marie Melham, S.S.C.C. - Testimony of a Christian life in the Middle East; title: Father Wafik Nasry, S.J. - Violence in Islam and Christianity; title: Father Laurent Basanese, S.J. - Why Continue to Pursue 'Dialogue' with Islam?; title: - Prayer by Patriarch Louis Sako
label: Epilogue; label: Appendix; title: Pope Francis - Advent 2014 letter to Christians in the Middle East; title: Pope Benedict XVI - Regensburg Address; title: Catholicos Aram I - Encyclical on centenary of Armenian genocide; title: Cardinal Timothy Dolan - Outgoing Presidential Address to U.S. Hierarchy; title: Patriarch Louis Sako I - The Ideology that Justifies Islamist Violence Must Be Dismantled; title: May 7, 2014 Statement of Solidarity with Christians and Other Minorities in the Middle East; label: Bibliography; label: About the Author