Christians, Muslims, and Mary : a history / Rita George-Tvrtkovic.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

George Tvrtković, Rita, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Islamic interpretations.

Mary.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York ; Mahwah, NJ : Paulist Press, [2018]

Summary:

Moving through history, views of Mary's role in Christian-Muslim relations have constantly shifted back and forth from bridge to barrier and back again. This book focuses on history, and the use (sometimes polemical, sometimes irenic) of Mary as either a bridge or barrier between Islam and Christianity. It is NOT a comparative theology of Mary in both traditions; rather it focuses on how Mary has functioned within the Christian theology of Islam over time (and to a lesser degree, in the Islamic theology of Christianity).

Contents:

Mary, bridge or barrier?

Scriptural prelude

Early Eastern Christian views

Muslims on Mary: prophet or idol?

Medieval praise of the Muslim maryam

Our Lady of Victory

Mary, tool for mission

Meryem ana Evi, popular devotion, and Vatican II

Model of dialogue? Contemporary challenges

Sayyidatuna.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-58768-676-7