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Bring Down the Walls
Carole H. Dagher
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Description for Bring Down the Walls
Paperback. Carole H. Dagher 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. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; HRAM9; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 341.
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 current 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 insightful account on how Christian and Muslim communities emerged from the sixteen year-old ... Read more
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 current 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 insightful account on how Christian and Muslim communities emerged from the sixteen year-old ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312293369
SKU
V9780312293369
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About Carole H. Dagher
Carole H. Dagher is a Research Associate at the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.
Reviews for Bring Down the Walls
"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