The Christian encounter with Muhammad : how theologians have interpreted the prophet / Charles Tieszen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tieszen, Charles Lowell, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Islam.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Relations.

Christianity.

Interfaith relations.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632.

Muḥammad.

Physical Description:

x, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.

Summary:

"This book offers a fresh appraisal of Muhammad that considers the widest possible history of the ways in which Christians have assessed his prophethood. To medieval Christian communities, Muhammad-the leader of a religious and political community that grew quickly and with relative success-was an enigma. Did God really send him as a prophet with a revelation? Was the political success of the community he founded a divine validation? Or were he and his followers inspired by something evil? Despite their attempts, modern Christians continued to be puzzled by Muhammad. The Qur'an provided a framework for understanding and honouring Jesus; was it possible for Christians to reciprocate with regard to Muhammad? This book applies the same analysis to both medieval and modern assessments of Muhammad, in order to demonstrate the continuities and disparities present in literature from the two eras."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Muhammad as a Christian catechumen: Sergius-Bahira and a legendary counterhistory

2. Muhammad as a prophet of inferior monotheism: John of Damascus and a new history of the world

3. Muhammad as a retrograde Moses of minimal significance: East Syrian Christians and public discussions with Muslims

4. Muhammad as a carnal warrior and scheming ruler: West Syrian Christians and refutations of the Prophet

5. Muhammad as an anti-saint: Martyr saints and hamartiography of the Prophet

6. Muhammad as a tainted vessel of Christ: An anonymous counter-chronicle of the Prophet

7. Muhammad as a vanquished anti-hero: A convert, a translator and polemic exposing the Prophet

8. Muhammad as a powerless Prophet to the Arabs: Paul of Antioch and letters written to Muslims

9. Muhammad as a Prophet and colonial goad for persecutors: Mary Fisher and a notorious encounter with a Sultan

10. Muhammad as a redundant Gabriel and missionary conscript: Samuel Ajayi Crowther and West African mission to Muslims

11. Muhammad as a signpost for fellow pilgrims: Lamin Sanneh and Christian appreciation for the Prophet's biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1350191213

9781350191211

OCLC:

1155531377

Publisher Number:

99987320395