Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Arab World : The Roots of Sectarianism Hardback
by Bruce (Wesleyan University, Connecticut) Masters
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization series
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Masters explores the history of Christians and Jews in the Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire and how their identities as non-Muslims evolved over four hundred years.
At the start of this period, in the sixteenth century, social community was circumscribed by religious identity and non-Muslims lived within the hierarchy established by Muslim law.
In the nineteenth century, however, in response to Western influences, a radical change took place.
Conflict erupted between Muslims and Christians in different parts of the empire in a challenge to that hierarchy.
This marked the beginning, as the author illustrates, of the tensions which have to a large extent inspired the nationalist and religious rhetoric in the empire's successor states throughout the twentieth century.
In this way, Masters negotiates the present through the past.
His book will make a major contribution to an understanding of the political and religious conflicts of the modern Middle East.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:06/08/2001
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- ISBN:9780521803335
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:06/08/2001
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- ISBN:9780521803335