- Table of Contents (page 5)
- Preambles (page 7)
- Cardinal Walter Kasper (page 8)
- Cardinal Christoph Schonborn (page 9)
- Pro Oriente President Johann Marte (page 10)
- Syriac Churches: Contributions and Challenges - Editor's Note by Dietmar W. Winkler (page 11)
- Part I: The Cultural, Social, and Educational Contributions of Syriac Christianity (page 15)
- Cultural, social, and educational contributions of Syriac Christianity in South India by Baby Varghese (page 17)
- The beginning of modern education (page 17)
- Christians and the Malayalam language and literature (page 19)
- Dictionaries and grammar books (page 20)
- Printing and publishing (page 21)
- Journalism and newspapers (page 22)
- Literary contributions (page 24)
- Christians in political life (page 25)
- The first political organization by the Syrian Christians (page 26)
- The League for Equal Rights (Paura Samtwa Vada League) (page 27)
- The students' revolt in 1922 (page 28)
- All Kerala Catholic Congress (AKCC) (page 28)
- The State Congress in the Indian National Congress (page 28)
- Abstention movement (page 29)
- Syrian Christians and the economic development of Kerala (page 32)
- Plantations (page 33)
- Banking (page 34)
- Industry (page 35)
- Conclusions (page 36)
- Christianity in Iraq and its contribution to society by Herman Teule (page 37)
- Christians in Iraq: different Churches (page 38)
- Christians in Iraq: different political orientations (page 42)
- Security situation (page 47)
- Kurdistan or Central Iraq? (page 48)
- Christians in Iraq: which role in society? (page 51)
- Conclusion (page 54)
- Part II: The Challenges of Syriac Christianity: Religious Freedom and Pluralism (page 57)
- Religious freedom, education, pluralism, and the personal status of Syriac Christianity in India by Philip Nelpuraparambil (page 59)
- Indian Christians (page 59)
- Christianity in Kerala (page 60)
- Religious freedom as a constitutional right (page 61)
- The role of Christians in the Constituent Assembly (page 62)
- Religious rights according to the Constitution of India (page 62)
- Educational Rights (page 65)
- Cultural and educational rights in the Constitution (page 65)
- India's pluralism (page 71)
- The uniqueness of India's pluralism (page 72)
- Religious pluralism in Kerala (page 72)
- Personal status of the Syrian Christians (page 73)
- Privileges granted to Christians (page 74)
- Challenges Christians face (page 74)
- Conclusion (page 75)
- Religious freedom, education, pluralism, and personal status of Syriac Christianity in Syria and Turkey by Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim (page 77)
- Turkey (page 79)
- Syria (page 80)
- Family Law in Syria (page 83)
- Religious courts in different denomiations (page 84)
- Conclusion (page 85)
- Appendix: Umar's Edict on the Dhimma (Protected communities) (page 86)
- The contribution of Syriac Christians to Islamo-Christian co-existence in Lebanon by Mar Paul Matar (page 87)
- Religious Liberty in Lebanon within the Syriac family (page 88)
- Education and pluralism in the Syriac family's experiences of co-existence (page 92)
- The Syriac family and personal status (page 95)
- Conclusion (page 98)
- Part III: The Emigration of Syriac Christians (page 101)
- The emigration of Syriac Christians moving from India: motives and impact by Mar Theophilose Kuriakose (page 103)
- The origin of Christianity and the Syrian Christians in India (page 103)
- Kerala: a land of plurality and Syrian Christianity (page 106)
- The social situation (page 106)
- The religious situation (page 107)
- The political situation (page 107)
- Family life (page 107)
- Education (page 108)
- Migration (page 109)
- The present reality (page 112)
- The economical situation (page 113)
- The religious situation (page 114)
- The social situation (page 115)
- Family status (page 115)
- Europe (page 116)
- United States of America (page 117)
- Liturgical language (page 118)
- Full time and well-trained clergy (page 118)
- Arranged marriages (page 118)
- Challenges ahead (page 118)
- Christianity in the Middle East: some historical remarks and preliminary demographic figures by Dietmar W. Winkler (page 121)
- Historical developments (page 121)
- The decline after the Arab conquest to the end of the Mamluk period (seventh-sixteenth centuries) (page 121)
- The growth in the Ottoman period (sixteenth to nineteenth centuries) (page 124)
- The decline of Middle Eastern Christianity in the twentieth century (page 127)
- Demographic Data (2009) (page 132)
- Lebanon (page 133)
- Jordan (page 134)
- Syria (page 135)
- Iraq (page 136)
- Israel/Palestine (page 137)
- Egypt (page 138)
- Turkey (page 139)
- The emigration of Syriac Christians from the Middle East: motives and impact by Martin Tamcke (page 141)
- Preliminary Remarks (page 141)
- Nineteenth century (page 144)
- Since the 1960s (page 148)
- Part IV: Perspectives after Pope Benedict's visit to the Holy Land (page 155)
- Pope Benedict XVI in the Holy Land in 2009: a Pastor and a Man of Peace, of Unity, and of Dialogue by Frans Bouwen (page 157)
- Preparations (page 157)
- General impressions (page 158)
- Benedict XVI, a pastor (page 158)
- Benedict XVI, a man of peace (page 159)
- Benedict XVI, a man of unity (page 160)
- Benedict XVI, a man of dialogue (page 161)
- Lasting images (page 162)
- Part V: Appendices (page 165)
- Third meeting of the Pro Oriente Forum Syriacum (page 167)
- Communique - Aleppo, July 1-2, 2008 (page 167)
- Second Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum Final Report (page 171)
- Syriac Christianity in the Middle East and India today: Contributions and Challenges (page 171)
- Vienna, November 4-6, 2009 (page 171)
- On Contributions of Syriac Christians (page 173)
- On Challenges (page 175)
- On Emigration (page 177)
- Second Pro Oriente Colloquium Syriacum - Invited Participants (page 181)
- Expert scholars from the Churches of Syriac Tradition (page 181)
- External expert scholars (page 182)
- Guests (page 182)
- Pro Oriente (page 182)
