Age of coexistence : the ecumenical frame and the making of the modern Arab world /
Today's headlines paint the Middle East as a collection of war-torn countries and extremist groups consumed by sectarian rage. Ussama Makdisi's Age of Coexistence reveals a hidden and hopeful story that counters this clichéd portrayal. It shows how a region rich with ethnic and religious d...
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the ecumenical frame
- Religious difference in an imperial Age
- The crucible of sectarian violence
- Coexistence in an age of genocide
- Colonial pluralism
- Sectarianism and antisectarianism in the post-Ottoman Arab world
- Breaking the ecumenical frame : Arab and Jew in Palestine.