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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452881203321

Autore

McGahern Una.

Titolo

Palestinian Christians in Israel : state attitudes towards non-Muslims in a Jewish state / / Una McGahern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-280-87368-X

9786613714992

1-136-65681-2

1-136-65680-4

0-203-80664-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world ; ; 22

Disciplina

305.670899274

Soggetti

Christians - Israel

Church and state - Israel

Palestinian Arabs - Israel - Religion

Electronic books.

Israel Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Palestinian Christians in Israel: State attitudes towards non-Muslims in a Jewish state; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Map; 1 Introduction; 2 Society, state and minority policy in Israel; 3 Profile of the Palestinian Christians in Israel; 4 Writing the Palestinian Christians in Israel; 5 Locating state attitudes; 6 Conflict in Nazareth; 7 Military service and village conflict; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although Christians form a significant proportion of the Palestinian Arab minority in Israel, very little research has, until now, been undertaken to examine their complicated position within Israel. This book demonstrates the limits of analyses which characterise state-minority relations in Israel in terms of a so-called Jewish-Muslim conflict, and of studies which portray Palestinian Christians as part of a wider exclusively religious-based transnational Christian community.



This book locates its analysis of Palestinian Christians within a broader understanding of Israel as a Jewis