Stephan Stetter & Mitra Moussa Nabo 
Middle East Christianity 
Local Practices, World Societal Entanglements

Drawing from theories of world society and from historical-sociological theories the book studies the past, present, and future of Middle East Christianity. It focuses on the interplay between local practices and post-colonial entanglements in global modernity. The chapters of this book engage, inspired by these theories, key empirical dynamics that affect Middle East Christianity. This includes a historical overview on the history of Christians in the region, the relationship between Islam and Christianity, as well as case studies on the Maronites in Lebanon, Egypt’s Copts, the role of Protestant missionaries in the 19
th century, processes of individualization amongst Middle East Christians, as well as papal diplomacy in the region.

Table of Content

1. Middle East Christianity in World Society: A Historical-Sociological Perspective on the Past and Present of Global/Local Entanglements.- 2. Eastern Christian Subjectivities and Islam’s Hegemony in the Arab World.- 3. Between Communalism and State-building: Lebanon’s Christians and the New Arab Disorder.- 4. “Modernization in the Name of God”:
Christian Missionaries, Global Modernity, and the Formation of Modern Subjectivities in the Middle East.- 5. World Society Contexts of the Politics of Being Christian in the Middle East.- 6. Sectarianism and Terrorism: The Libya Beheadings and ISIS Violence Against Egypt’s Copts.- 7. Pilgrim Popes: How the Catholic Church Makes a Difference in World Society and the Middle East.

About the author

Stephan Stetter is Professor of International Politics and Conflict Studies at the Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany. 






Mitra Moussa Nabo is Research Associate at the National Centre for Crime Prevention in Bonn and Adjunct Lecturer at the Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany.