Routledge handbook on Christian-Muslim relations / edited by David Thomas.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Thomas, David (David Richard), 1948- editor.

Series:

Routledge handbooks

Routledge Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Relations.

Christianity.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (439 pages).

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The matter of Christian-Muslim relations cannot be ignored these days. While the term itself may not appear all that often, relations between the two faiths and their reciprocal perceptions are undeniable influences behind many current conflicts, declarations of mutual recognition and peace negotiations, not to mention the brooding hatred of religious extremists. Since 9/11, relations between the two faiths have, in one form or another, hardly been away from the news. This Handbook contains fundamental information about the major aspects of relations between Christians and Muslims. Its various sections follow the history from the early seventh century to the present, the major religious issues that have led to disputes between the two faiths, and the political implications of religious differences at various stages through history, as well as in the present. It includes analysis of scriptural and theological themes and explores the characteristics of relations at important points in history and also in various parts of the world today. Chapters are devoted to the most significant intellectual interpretations and encounters, the main armed clashes, including the Crusades, and the important documents issued by each faith that in recent years have led the way towards new developments in recognition and acceptance. With chapters written by some of the foremost experts in the field, the book traces the largely dark history of relations and explains the underlying reasons why Muslims and Christians have found tolerance and respect for the other difficult. It is an excellent resource for understanding the past and for highlighting lessons for future relations between the world's two largest religions.

Contents:

Introduction / David Thomas

Christians in the world of late antiquity, 300-600 / Daniel Reynolds

The Christian context of the Qurʼān / Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila

Christianity in the Qurʼān / Pim Valkenberg

The Bible in the Qurʼān / Sidney H. Griffith

The dynamics of the qurʼānic account of Christianity / Pim Valkenberg

Muḥammad and Christianity / David Cook

Christians under Muslim rule, 650-1200: Chrisitans in the Muslim Arab world / David Thomas

Christians under Muslim rule, 650-1200: Christians in Muslim Spain / Charles Tieszen

The pact of ʻUmar / Milka Levy-Rubin

The first Arabic-speaking Christian theologians / Sandra Toenies Keating

Early Muslim attitudes towards the Bible / David Bertaina

Early Christian attitudes towards Islam / I. Mark Beaumont

The Byzantine Empire and Islam / Johannes Pahlitzsch

The Crusades / Alex Mallett

Arts in the eastern Mediterranean before the Crusades: approaching Christian-Muslim relations through visual representations / Lucy-Anne Hunt

Christians and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula, 1000-1600 / Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala

Christians under the Fāṭimids, Ayyūbids and Mamlūks / Christopher J. van der Krogt

Early and medieval Muslim attitudes towards Christian doctrines / Jon Hoover

Christian conversion to Islam / Clint Hackenburg

Christians and Muslims in one another's legal texts / David M. Freidenreich

Mutual influences and borrowings / Alexander Treiger

The theological dynamics of medieval Christian-Muslim relations / Stephen R. Burge

European reactions to the fall of Constantinople / Nancy Bisaha

Christians and Muslims in Mughal India / Alan M. Guenther

The end of empire and the era of mistrust / Richard J. Sudworth

The churches and Christian-Muslim relations / Risto Jukko, Douglas Pratt and Michael Ipgrave

A common world / Vebjørn L. Horsfjord

Muslims and the Bible / Martin Whittingham

Christians and the Qurʼān / David Bertaina

Muslims and Christian beliefs / Hugh Goddard

Christians and Muḥammad / Clinton Bennett

Perceptions of God in Christianity and Islam / David B. Burrell

Theology and Christian-Muslim relations / Ian Richard Netton

The nature of the human in contemporary Christian-Muslim relations / Damian Howard

Major concepts in Muslim-Christian encounters / Sandra Toenies Keating

Muslims in Christian lands / Göran Larsson

Christian minorities in Islamic countries / Clinton Bennett

Muslims and Christians in Europe / Jørgen S. Nielsen

Muslims and Christians in Britain today: living together, respecting difference? / Philip Lewis

Islamophobia / Chris Allen

The eastern churches and Islam / Andrew M. Sharp

Christians and Muslims in sub-Saharan Africa / John Chesworth

Christians and Muslims in the Americas / David D. Grafton

Christians and Muslims in East Asia and Australasia / Douglas Pratt and Peter Riddell

Christian-Muslim and Muslim-Christian dialogue initiatives, movements and organisations / Paul Weller.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Routledge handbook on Christian-Muslim relations.

ISBN:

9781317594086

1317594088

9781315745077

1315745070

OCLC:

1001338057

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