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المسيحية ودورها الثقافي والعمراني في بغداد 1258 - 1958 == Christianity and its cultural and urban role in Baghdad 1258_1958
Author name:
زينب مطشر خضير
Supervisor name:
فاهم نعمة ادريس الياسري
General topic:
History
Specific topic:
Modern and Contemporary History
Degree:
Master
University:
Wasit University - Faculty Of Education - Department Of History
Language:
Arabic
University location:
Wasit
First pages:
11T3396 - p.pdf
Abstract:
The study deals with Christianity and its cultural and Urban role in Baghdad .The significance of this topic lies mainly in the urgent historic need to study the cultural and urban role of Christianity in Baghdad (1258_1958), since most studies in this field are mostly concerned with that topic exclusively during the ancient , medieval and Islamic eras . The thesis is divided into an introduction , four chapters , an conclusion and number of appendixes . the first chapter talks about the spread of Christianity in Iraq and general affairs of the Baghdadi Christians during the various historic eras .The second chapter deals with the state of the churches and monasteries during the ottoman rule and the role played by Arab Christians in the development and crystallization of the intellectual and political currents and their impact on Iraq. The third chapter deals with the Baghdadi Christian sects, Baghdad churches and monasteries in the royal era, it also explains The intellectual and cultural role of the churches and monasteries in the royal era ,While the fourth chapter deals with the intellectual and cultural role of the Christian elite . There have been various churches and sects of Christians in Baghdad . these churches had occupied distinguished places in Baghdad the architecture of each one differed depending on the sect and its religious belief ,Some of these churches were humble that you can recognize it as a church , others were only ordinary houses with nothing to mark it as a church , other than a big cross and the painting of Mary shrouded with shyness , beauty and greatness ,some other churches stood with glory and grace to welcome the passerby as is the case with Armenian orthodox church in AL_Bab AL_Sharqi which is characterized by its unique architecture . Churches and monasteries have long been diving creatures full of life and vitality and the theologizes describe the church as the body of the god . Indeed , the church and monastery were intellectual , cultural and philosophical centers , patriarchs , saints and priests have always been enjoying great secular and theological knowledge . their involvement in life did not impede , them to associate and contact with the scientific and intellectual circles, and the best example is the father AL_Karmali . During the period of independence and the formatting of the Iraqi state , Christians played a pivotal and effecting role in it and were an integral part of a modern state in need of its faithful and patriotic sons . In his book ( modern Iraq ), Steven humsley longric mentions in volume 1 that : some Christians were worried because of the withdrawal of the British forces from Iraq after concluding the 1930 treaty , but the clergy of the churches calmed them down and told them that the only loyalty that Christians have is to their country and their king . Accordingly , Iraq made great use from the potentials and achievements of many Iraqi Christians who were subjects of church . Butti , Yousif Ghunaima , AL_Karmali , Aqrawi and Babo Ishaq and many other figures represented a distinguished intellectual class that combined both the recent concepts of science and arts and the traditions of the Iraq society . they were pioneers in writing , publishing , literature and theatre and the Christian writers were creative in enlightening people to take the path of knowledge and liberation
