Table of Contents:

Our love affair with the Middle East : an introduction -- A Western Christian appreciation of Eastern Christianity / by David A. Kerr -- The future of Christians in the Arab world / by 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 -- 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 -- A brief history -- Cyprus -- Egypt -- The Holy Land : Israel and Palestine -- Iran -- Iraq -- Jordan -- Lebanon -- The Maghreb (North Africa) -- The Persian Gulf -- Sudan -- Syria -- Turkey.