Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities

What does it mean to be a Christian minority community, particularly in the context of Islam? That is the main question of this collection of high-quality academic contributions. Believers belonging to religious minority communities can struggle when it comes to defining their identity as part of th...

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description What does it mean to be a Christian minority community, particularly in the context of Islam? That is the main question of this collection of high-quality academic contributions. Believers belonging to religious minority communities can struggle when it comes to defining their identity as part of the majority society while yet differing from that majority in various ways. It could also lead to the question as to how they might contribute positively to society, being in an often vulnerable position as minority. In this volume, the identity and vocation of the Church as a minority are addressed by different scholars, looking at a particular New Testament letter to a minority community (1 Peter) and engaging with different historical sources. The contribution of Jewish and Muslim scholars leads to an interesting conversation, since all monotheistic religions face similar challenges. The volume draws the themes together in two concluding chapters, the first written from a social-scientific perspective, the second from a theological-missiological perspective, that represent the key ideas emerging in addressing this important question.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1770732026-06-04T07:37:49Z Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities Reitsma, Bernhard J.G. van Nes-Visscher, Erika Minorities Religious minority studies Minority Identity Interfaith relations Perspectives Social identity theory Diaspora Persecution and resilience Diaspora communities Middle Eastern Christianity Minority church identity in Islamic societies thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF1 Bibles::QRMF13 New Testaments thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities What does it mean to be a Christian minority community, particularly in the context of Islam? That is the main question of this collection of high-quality academic contributions. Believers belonging to religious minority communities can struggle when it comes to defining their identity as part of the majority society while yet differing from that majority in various ways. It could also lead to the question as to how they might contribute positively to society, being in an often vulnerable position as minority. In this volume, the identity and vocation of the Church as a minority are addressed by different scholars, looking at a particular New Testament letter to a minority community (1 Peter) and engaging with different historical sources. The contribution of Jewish and Muslim scholars leads to an interesting conversation, since all monotheistic religions face similar challenges. The volume draws the themes together in two concluding chapters, the first written from a social-scientific perspective, the second from a theological-missiological perspective, that represent the key ideas emerging in addressing this important question. 2026-05-30T05:32:50Z 2026-05-30T05:32:50Z 2026-05-29T11:30:56Z 2026 book ONIX_20260529T115621_9781040839638_10 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/113840 9781040839638 9781040836811 9781003697695 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177073 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113840/1/9781040839638.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/113840/1/9781040839638.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003697695 10.4324/9781003697695 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 The Church in the Context of Islam Foundation 49b23adb-29fb-43f8-906d-eee28777ef60 9781040839638 9781040836811 9781003697695 Routledge 262 Oxford [...] open access
spellingShingle Minorities
Religious minority studies
Minority Identity
Interfaith relations
Perspectives
Social identity theory
Diaspora
Persecution and resilience
Diaspora communities
Middle Eastern Christianity
Minority church identity in Islamic societies
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thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities
Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities
title Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities
title_full Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities
title_fullStr Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities
title_full_unstemmed Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities
title_short Identity and Vocation of Christian Minority Communities
title_sort identity and vocation of christian minority communities
topic Minorities
Religious minority studies
Minority Identity
Interfaith relations
Perspectives
Social identity theory
Diaspora
Persecution and resilience
Diaspora communities
Middle Eastern Christianity
Minority church identity in Islamic societies
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF1 Bibles::QRMF13 New Testaments
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities
topic_facet Minorities
Religious minority studies
Minority Identity
Interfaith relations
Perspectives
Social identity theory
Diaspora
Persecution and resilience
Diaspora communities
Middle Eastern Christianity
Minority church identity in Islamic societies
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity::QRMF Christianity: sacred texts and revered writings::QRMF1 Bibles::QRMF13 New Testaments
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRA Religion: general
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRM Christianity
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVC Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSR Social groups: religious groups and communities
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