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Research and reflections on the ancient Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church of Malankara, Kerala
Summary of PhD thesis (SOAS, University of London). Brief summary In this thesis, I examine the question of the religious self-definition of the Jacobite Syrian Christian community in Kerala. The leading question is: to what extent does the indigenous narrative of that community about… Continue Reading “Narratives of religious identity: the self-perception of the Jacobite Syrian Christians of Kerala”
The city of Urho (now called Sanliurfa in the south-eastern Turkey) was in Jesus’ time called Edessa. It is situated in the banks of the River Daisan in northern Mesopotamia. Edessa Map of Mesopotamia and India. In Christian historical terms, Edessa is linked with… Continue Reading “Part 1a. The Blessed city of Edessa”
