Summary
Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, author of Chapter 1 of ‘The House of the Priest’: A Palestinian Life (1885-1954), “National Politics and Religion in Mandatory Palestine: Niqula Khoury and the Arab Orthodox Movement” (‘The House of the Priest’: A Palestinian Life (1885-1954), PDF p.13, p.48).
Details
- He collaborates on the nwo project CrossRoads at Leiden University, studied theology, philosophy and political science at AUTh and k.u. Leuven, and researches politics and religion, church history and Middle Eastern studies, currently working on the Jerusalem Question; his articles appear in Religion, State and Society, Politics, Religion and Ideology, Middle Eastern Studies, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Jerusalem Quarterly and Journal of Eastern Christian Studies (PDF p.13).
- His chapter draws on Niqula Khoury’s Memoirs and Survey, the British National Archives, the Historical and Diplomatic Archive of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published Orthodox Church record collections and secondary bibliography, and asks what Khoury’s involvement in religious politics was and how the Greek hierarchy responded to his claims (PDF p.49).
- His earlier work cited in the volume includes, with Ruth Kark, “Colonialism and Religious Power Politics” (2014), “Orthodox Communal Politics in Palestine after the Young Turk Revolution (1908–1910)” (2014), “The Politics of Church Land Administration” (2016) and “Church Finances in the Colonial Age” (2013) (PDF p.48, p.51-52).
Related pages
‘The House of the Priest’: A Palestinian Life (1885-1954), Niqula Khoury, Arab Orthodox Movement, Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem