Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine

by Laura Robson

Drawing on a rich base of British archival materials, Arabic periodicals, and secondary sources, Colonialism and Christianity in Mandate Palestine brings to light the ways in which the British colonial state in Palestine exacerbated sectarianism. By transforming Muslim, Christian, and Jewish religious identities into legal categories, Laura Robson argues, the British ultimately marginalized Christian communities in Palestine. Robson explores the turning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292747659
• ISBN13: 9780292747654
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"