Identity and Witness : : Syriac Christians of the Middle East and India between homeland and global presence / / ed. by Dietmar Winkler, Andreas Schmoller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2023 Part 2
• MitwirkendeR: Atto, Naures,; Audo, Antoine,; Brock, Sebastian P.,; Kuriakose, Theophilose,; Matar, Paul,; Nelpuraparambil, Philip,; Schmoller, Andreas,; Varghese, Fr. B.,; Winkler, Dietmar W.,
• HerausgeberIn: Schmoller, Andreas,; Winkler, Dietmar,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Pro Oriente Studies in the Syriac Tradition ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 p.)

Identity has become a central theme in a globalised world, both in politics and in the humanities, and the Syrian churches cannot escape it either. Christianity also exists as an identity that can in some ways compete with or even contradict theological understandings as a witness. But how should religious leaders deal with the fact that their churches are as much faith communities as identity markers? This volume does not offer the all-encompassing answer to this central question, but it provides keys for reflection and discussion beyond the circle of clergy and theologians, showing why the Syriac tradition matters for global Christianity. The volume contains contributions by Naures Atto, Bishop Antoine Audo SJ, Sebastian Brock, Mar Theophilose Kuriakose, Archbishop Paul Matar, Philip Nelpuraparambil, Andreas Schmoller, Baby Varghese and Dietmar W. Winkler.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preambles -- Identity and Witness Editor’s Note -- 1. Significance of the Syriac Tradition -- Identity, Language, poetic Theology, Literature: What does this mean for the Diaspora? -- The Significance of Syriac Christianity for Western Theology and Ecumenism -- Liturgy, Languages and Cultures in Different Contexts Today -- II. Social and Ecumenical Implications -- The Syriac Identity and its Relations with the Society of its Insertion -- Syriac Identity: Integration and Relations with the Society in India and in the Diaspora -- Syriac Identity in Ecumenical Context – Middle East and Diaspora Different Pastoral Experiences and Pastoral Agreements -- Syriac identity in Ecumenical context – India and diaspora Different Pastoral experiences and Pastoral Agreements: A Syrian Orthodox Perspective -- III. Syriac Witness and Identity -- Believing and Belonging: Religious Identity in the Diaspora and the Role of the Church -- Challenges for the Syriac Orthodox Church: Encounters with Secularism -- IV. Pro Oriente -- Fifth Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum – Final Report -- Fifth Colloquium Syriacum Press Release -- Fifth Colloquium Syriacum List of Participants