Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine

Robson, Laura

University of Texas Press（2011/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 239 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780292747654
• DDC分類 322.109569409041

Full Description

Drawing on a rich base of British archival materials, Arabic periodicals, and secondary sources, Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine brings to light the ways in which the British colonial state in Palestine exacerbated sectarianism. By transforming Muslim, Christian, and Jewish religious identities into legal categories, Laura Robson argues, the British ultimately marginalized Christian communities in Palestine. Robson explores the turning points that developed as a result of such policies, many of which led to permanent changes in the region's political landscapes. Cases include the British refusal to support Arab Christian leadership within Greek-controlled Orthodox churches, attempts to avert involvement from French or Vatican-related groups by sidelining Latin and Eastern Rite Catholics, and interfering with Arab Christians' efforts to cooperate with Muslims in objecting to Zionist expansion. Challenging the widespread but mistaken notion that violent sectarianism was endemic to Palestine, Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine shows that it was intentionally stoked in the wake of British rule beginning in 1917, with catastrophic effects well into the twenty-first century.

Contents

Note on Transliteration
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. Palestinian Christian Elites from the Late Ottoman Era to the British Mandate
Chapter 2. Reinventing the Millet System: British Imperial Policy and the Making of Communal Politics
Chapter 3. The Arab Orthodox Movement
Chapter 4. Appropriating Sectarianism: The Brief Emergence of Pan-Christian Communalism, 1929-1936
Chapter 5. Palestinian Arab Episcopalians under Mandate
Epilogue. The Consequences of Sectarianism
Notes
Bibliography
Index