One of the major challenges of Syriac and other Middle Eastern Christian communities is how to keep their younger members actively involved with the church. Secularizing tendencies, intermarriage with non-Syriacs and even political activism within the Syriac/Assyrian/Aramean community may keep young people away from commitment to the local and transnational church. At a more fundamental… Continue reading #18 Suryoyo Youth Global Gathering, July 2016
Month: July 2016
#17 Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East
S.R. Goldstein-Sabbah, H.L. Murre-van den Berg, Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East (Leiden Studies in Islam and Society 4; Leiden: Brill, 2016) Book DOI: 10.1163/9789004323285 A brief notice to draw attention to the happy occasion of the publication of the first book coming out of our Arabic and… Continue reading #17 Modernity, Minority, and the Public Sphere: Jews and Christians in the Middle East
#16 Desert Lights Collective
A quick alert for the new site Desert Lights Collective initiated by prof. Nelly van Doorn-Harder (Wake Forest University Winston Salem, NC/ VU Amsterdam). I'm honored to be one of its contributors, and posts on this blog will often be crossposted there. It aims to share blogs, academic articles, and news about the rich culture, heritage and wisdom of… Continue reading #16 Desert Lights Collective
#15 Arabic and its Alternatives – Report Leiden Conference 15-17 June 2016
These days I’m processing the contributions of an inspiring conference we had in Leiden and The Hague. It was organized under the title Arabic and its Alternatives: Religious minorities and their languages in the emerging nation states of the Middle East (1920-1950). A vibrant group of junior and senior scholars participated in vigorous debates about… Continue reading #15 Arabic and its Alternatives – Report Leiden Conference 15-17 June 2016
Globalization, Christianity and the Middle East 