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| Introductions |
| Origins of Christian Churches of the Middle East |
| Coptic Christianity |
| Syriac-Speaking Communities of Syria and Lebanon |
| Investigating the Relationship between Christians and Muslims historically |
| Site visit to St. Sharbel’s Maronite Church community in Peoria, IL |
| Engaging the Genre of Middle Eastern Christian Inter-religious Texts |
| Modern Interreligious Dynamics |
| The Ottoman Empire |
| Topics of Gender and Identity in the Modern Age |
| Field trips to Chicago Middle Eastern Church communities |
| Coptic women |
| Liturgical and popular music in Middle Eastern Christian communities |
| Arab Christians in the USA—immigration and participation in other societies |
| Identity in a globalized world |
| Participant Presentations of their Curricular Work |
The Middle Eastern Christianity NEH Summer Institute has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
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