Output details
33 - Theology and Religious Studies
Heythrop College
Chapter title
Les chrétiens palestiniens: Politique, droit et sociéte, 1917-1948
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
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Publisher of book
Éditions CNRS
Book title
De Balfour à Ben Gourion – La France, L’Europe occidentale et la Palestine, 1917-1948
ISBN of book
978-2271066510
Year of publication
2008
URL
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Number of additional authors
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Additional information
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Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
Understanding the Christian communities in Palestine under the British Mandate is important to understanding the religious and political dynamics which brought colonial power into contact and conflict with the two nationalist forces of the Zionist movement and Arab Palestinian nationalism. The Christians, although only 10% of the Arab population, played an important role making a distinctive contribution to economic and political society. This paper undertakes a wide-ranging enquiry, drawing on a range of sources, into how the Christian communities were configured during this period, their educational and cultural position in society, demography, and legal status.
