Bring Down the Walls: Lebanon's Post-War Challenge
Author:   C. Dagher ,  J. Esposito
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
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9780312293369


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   07 February 2002
Format:   Paperback
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"""Lebanon is more than a country, it is a message"": these words of Pope John Paul II illustrate Lebanon's post war endeavor to preserve its age-old Christian-Muslim coexistence and power-sharing formula and to invalidate Samuel Huntington's assumption of a ""clash of civilizations"". Lebanon's challenge is also the challenge of a whole region, the Middle East, where the fate of minorities, including Eastern Christians, reveals the prospects of democracy, pluralism and political participation. Carole H. Dagher, a journalist for Lebanese media as well as an academic, presents an account on how Christian and Muslim communities emerged from the 16-year-old Lebanese war, what their points of friction and their common grounds are, and what the prospects of Lebanon's communal representation system and pluralistic society are. She describes the central role played by the Holy See and John Paul II in bridging the gap between Christians and Muslims in Lebanon, and analyzes the impact other countries such as Syria, Iran and Saudi Arabia have had on the power game and, conversely, the impact of Christian-Muslim interaction on the future of the Arab-Israeli peace process. ""Bring Down the Walls"" draws crucial lessons from the recent history of Christian Muslim relations in Lebanon."

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Author:   C. Dagher ,  J. Esposito
Publisher:   Palgrave USA
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.341kg
ISBN:  

9780312293369


ISBN 10:   0312293364
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   07 February 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; J.Esposito Introduction PART I: COGNITIVE COEXISTENCE Christian Soul-Searching Muslim Self-Assertion Dialogue: A Necessity or a Burden? PART II: COEXISTENCE IN FACTS AND FIGURES Sharing Exile Broken and Forfeited Bonds to the Land A Synod for Lebanon Three Weeks in Rome Cloaked in Coexistence The Swings of the Pendulum Coexistence in Uniform PART III: THE LEAVEN IN THE DOUGH Democracy of the National Pact John Paul II in Lebanon Peace Without Eastern Christians? Conclusion

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There is much to commend in this book, particularly its very perceptive analysis of the way Catholic and Maronite politics operate in Lebanon. -- Middle East Policy Her book is a model of engaged journalism ... penetrating. -- Kirkus Reviews


There is much to commend in this book, particularly its very perceptive analysis of the way Catholic and Maronite politics operate in Lebanon. - Middle East Policy Her book is a model of engaged journalism ... penetrating. - Kirkus Reviews


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CAROLE H. DAGHER is a Research Associate at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and an International Visiting Fellow at Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University.

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