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Colonialism
and Christianity in Mandate Palestine
Laura Robson
Drawing on a rich base of British archival materials, Arabic
periodicals, and secondary sources, Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate
Palestine brings to light the ways in which the British colonial state in
Palestine exacerbated sectarianism. By transforming Muslim, Christian, and
Jewish religious identities into legal categories, Laura Robson argues, the
British ultimately marginalized Christian communities in Palestine. Robson
explores the turning points that developed as a result of such policies, many
of which led to permanent changes in the region's political landscapes. Cases
include the British refusal to support Arab Christian leadership within
Greek-controlled Orthodox churches, attempts to avert involvement from French
or Vatican-related groups by sidelining Latin and Eastern Rite Catholics, and
interfering with Arab Christians' efforts to cooperate with Muslims in
objecting to Zionist expansion. Challenging the widespread but mistaken notion
that violent sectarianism was endemic to Palestine, Colonialism and
Christianity in Mandate Palestine shows that it was intentionally stoked in
the wake of British rule beginning in 1917, with catastrophic effects well into
the twenty-first century.
University of Texas Press
October 2011 256pp 9780292726536 HB £37 now only £25.50 when
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