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A history of Christian-Muslim relations / Hugh Goddard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goddard, Hugh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity and other religions--Islam.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Islam--Relations--Christianity.
- Islam.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : New Amsterdam Books, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This much-needed succinct overview of the Christian-Muslim encounter places the emphasis on the context within which perceptions and attitudes were worked out and provides a depth of historical insight to the complexities of current Christian-Muslim interactions on different continents.
- Contents:
- The Christian background to the coming of Islam. Early Christian thinking about other religions ; The history of the Christian church in the Middle East
- The Islamic impact. Muhammad's contacts with Christians ; The Qur'an's view of Christians ; Precedents for Muslim treatment of Christians
- The first age of Christian-Muslim interaction (
- c. 830/215). Christian responses to the coming of Islam ; Muslim treatment of Christians I
- The medieval period I : confrontation or interaction in the East? Contacts and exchanges ; Developing mutual perceptions ; Muslim treatment of Christians II ; Conversion to Islam
- The medieval period II : confrontation or interaction in the West? Western Christian reactions to the coming of Islam ; The crusades ; Alternative perceptions of Islam ; The transmission of knowledge from the Islamic world to the West
- The changing balance of power : mission and imperialism? The growth of European power ; The establishment of Christian missions ; The heyday of European influence ; Muslim responses
- New thinking in the 19th/13th and 20th/14th centuries. The growth of Western academic study of Islam ; Changing Christian thinking about Islam ; Changing Muslim thinking about Christianity
- Dialogue or confrontation? The dialogue movement ; The political context ; Fellow-pilgrims?
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-36461-0
- 1-283-63988-2
- 1-4616-3621-3
- OCLC:
- 850193633
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