The Maronites of Lebanon: Arab Christians in the Era of ISIS

该项目旨在从民族志上捕捉马龙派文化在应对区域压力时的演变方式。黎巴嫩的马龙派是现代黎巴嫩的主要群体。自内战（1975-90）结束以来，他们已经失去了他们的经济力量，与海湾资本主义重建了黎巴嫩的逊尼派。他们还失去了他们的军事和政治权力，什叶派通过反对以色列占领的斗争和与伊朗的联系积累了军事力量。马龙派教徒的人数也在下降，今天最引人注目的是，像所有阿拉伯基督徒一样，生活在该地区伊斯兰原教旨主义的幽灵中，特别是ISIS（伊斯兰国）的威胁。

This project aims to capture ethnographically the way Maronite culture is evolving in response to regional pressures. The Maronites of Lebanon were the dominant community of modern Lebanon. Since the end of the civil war (1975–90), they have lost their economic power to the Sunnis associated with the Gulf capitalism that has rebuilt Lebanon. They have also lost their military and political power to the Shi'a who have accumulated military strength through their struggle against Israel's occupation and their links to Iran. The Maronites are also declining numerically and, most dramatically today, like all Arab Christians, living with the spectre of Islamic fundamentalism in the region, particularly the threat of ISIS (Islamic State).