Muslims and others : relations in context / Jacques Waardenburg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waardenburg, Jacques, 1930-2015.

Series:

Religion and reason ; 41.

Religion and reason ; v. 41

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Islam--Relations.

Islam.

Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.

Muslims.

Europe--Ethnic relations.

Europe.

Islamic countries--Relations--Europe.

Islamic countries.

Europe--Relations--Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 519 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and adherents of other religions. After illuminating various aspects of Islam from an outside point of view in his volume "Islam" (published in 2002 by de Gruyter) his second volume changes the perspective: The author shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims - particularly Christianity and "the West", but also Judaism and Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and tensions. The main focus is on Muslim minorities in Western countries and on religious dialogues of which he provides first-hand knowledge through his participation in several important dialogue meetings. After 50 years of research and personal involvement, Waardenburg aims at a mutual understanding and reconciliation of Islam and other religions, particularly Christianity, both on an international level as well as on a more local level where "old" and "new", Christian and Muslim Europeans live together.

Contents:

Front matter

Content

Introduction

Chapter 1. Christians, Muslims, Jews, and their Religions

Chapter 2. Three Monotheistic Religions: Structure and Patterns of Meaning

Chapter 3. The Earliest Relations of Islam with other Religions

Chapter 4. Cases of Interreligious Dialogue under Muslim Rule

Chapter 5. Two Shining Lights: Medieval Islam and Christianity

Chapter 6. World Religions Seen in Islamic Light

Chapter 7. Twentieth Century Writings about Other Religions: A Classification

Chapter 8. Some Observations on Muslim Studies of Religions

Chapter 9. Some Muslim Reflections on the West

Chapter 10. Europe and its Muslim Neighbors: Glimpses of Dialogue

Chapter 11. Muslims and Their Islam in Europe: Initiatives and Responses

Chapter 12. Diversity and Unity of Islam in Europe: Islamic Constructs

Chapter 13. Muslims and Others in Europe: Cultural and Intercultural Contacts

Chapter 14. Muslim Minorities: Politics and Religion in the Balkans

Chapter 15. Muslim-Christian Minority Problems in Europe and the Middle East

Chapter 16. Issues in Muslim-Christian Relations

Chapter 17. Between Baghdad and Birmingham: Opportunities of Minorities

Chapter 18. Muslims and Christians: Changing Identities

Chapter 19. Muslims and Westerners: Changing Attitudes

Back matter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612195273

9781282195271

1282195271

9783110200959

3110200953

OCLC:

191952911