Who are the Christians in the Middle East? / Betty Jane Bailey and J. Martin Bailey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The churches of the Middle East -- A western Christian appreciation of Eastern Christianity / David A. Kerr -- The future of Christians in the Arab world / Riad Jarjour -- The churches of the Middle East now work together -- The importance of Jerusalem to Christians -- A timeline of Christianity in the Middle East -- A word about numbers -- II. Profiles of the churches -- The origins of the diversity of Christianity in the Middle East -- The Eastern Orthodox family -- The Oriental Orthodox family -- The Catholic family -- The evangelical (Protestant) family -- The Assyrian Church of the East -- III. Church and state in the Middle East -- A brief history -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- The holy land : Israel and Palestine -- Iran -- Iraq -- Jordan -- Lebanon -- The Maghreb (North Africa) -- The Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia -- Sudan -- Syria -- Turkey.