Disappearing Community. The Catholic Chaldean Church in Iran after the Iranian Revolution of 1979
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2017.056Keywords
Catholic Chaldean Church, Christians, Assyrians, Islamic Republic of Iran, revolution, IslamAbstract
By focusing on the quantitative changes that occurred among the members of the Catholic Chaldean Church after the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the article tries to depict a broader context of the Christian presence in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It presents the socio-cultural situation of the Christians belonging to the Chaldean Church before the revolution, underling their social and cultural activity, highlights the changes introduced by the revolution both in the attitudes toward the Christians and the opportunities given them to continue religious and political initiatives and, finally, it shows the present condition of the Church experiencing the decline of the Church members caused by migrations.
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