Christianity in the Middle East today: Present challenges and future perspectives, Joint Conference of the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College and the Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust in association with the Centre for World Christianity, SOAS, 17th and 18th June 2016 (original) (raw)

Joint Conference of the Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College and the Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust Friday 17 th and Saturday 18 th June 2016 Marie Eugenie Room, Heythrop College, University of London Friday Conference Introduction and Welcome 10:50-11:00 Mary Grey (Chair of Trustees, Living Stones and Emeritus Professor, University of Wales, Lampeter) and Anthony O'Mahony (Director Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College) Christianity in Iraq: Present challenges and future perspectives 11:00-12:30 Erica Hunter (School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London), Suha Rassam (ICIN), Kristian Girling (Heythrop College, University of London) Lunch 12:30-13:15 Coptic Christianity in contemporary Egypt 13:15-14:15 Mariz Tadros (Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex) The Armenian Church and Tradition Today 14:15-15:15 Rev. Vrej Nersessian (Emeritus, Oriental Department, British Library) Break 15:15-15:45 Syriac Christianity in the modern Middle East 15:45-16:45 Sebastian Brock (The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford) Reflections on Eastern Christianity and Muslim-Christian relations in Syria - a western Christian perspective 16:45-17:30 Revd. Andrew Ashdown (Theology Group, Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust) Saturday Christianity in Syria: Present challenges and future perspectives 10:30-12:00 Rev. Nadim Nassar and Huda Nassar (Awareness Foundation & Theology Group, Living Stones of the Holy Land Trust) One More Bridge to cross: Syrian Refugees in Greece on their Way to Paradise 12:10-13:00 Gerasimos Makris (Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the Panteion University, Athens) Lunch 13:00-13:45 Christianity in the Holy Land 13:45-14:45 Sr Bridget Tighe FMDM Christian churches in Jordan: political, religious and communal context 15:00-15:50 Paolo Maggiolini (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI) and the Catholic University of Milan) Break 15:50-16:00 Christianity in Jerusalem: social relations, border makings and their crossing 16:00-16:40 Georgios Tsourous (School of Anthropology, University of Kent) Final Reflection – The Future of Christianity in the Middle East 16:40-17:30 Hratch Tchilingirian (The Oriental Institute, University of Oxford); Anthony O’Mahony, (Heythrop College, University of London) All are welcome Conference fee £15.00 per day (to be paid on the day) For further information please contact Kristian Girling k.girling@heythrop.ac.uk