Religious Institutions and Authoritarian States: Church-state relations in the Middle East
Author: Fiona McCallum
Publisher/Publication: Third World Quarterly
Volume/Issue: 33(1)
DOI/ISBN: 10.1080/01436597.2012.627238
By examining church-state relations prior to 2011, this study explores why indigenous Christian churches in the Middle East are likely to be wary of the changes taking place in the region given their past preference for stability over democratisation. In order to provide a comparative perspective, three case studies are examined representing different structural contexts and outcomes from the 2011 uprisings, in Egypt, Jordan and Syria.
