Religious polemics in Judaism, Christianity and Islam / edited by Yohanan Friedmann and Christoph Markschies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Friedmann, Yohanan, editor.

Markschies, Christoph, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apologetics.

Islam--Apologetic works.

Islam.

Judaism--Apologetic works.

Judaism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2025]

Summary:

The volume deals with polemics between Judaism, Christianity and Islam as well as with internal polemics in these religions. It includes subjects such as the doctrinal debates in the early centuries of Christianity, concluding that they must be understood as "rational discourse employed for the purpose of identity formation"; the debate on the question of why King David was prevented from building the Temple; Christian theology in Germany in the nineteenth century; "spatial" or "visua" polemics in a religiously mixed Israeli city and at Rachel's tomb; and an analysis of the polemical contents of Pope Benedict XVI Regensburg address. Held together by the central theme of religious polemics, the volume's chronological and geographical spread - from Late Antiquity through the modern period, and from Europe to the Middle East - will make it of interest to a wide range of scholars and interested laypersons"-- De Gruyter Brill.

Contents:

Doctrinal debates as religious polemics : rationality and identity formation in late ancient Christianity / Johannes Zachhuber

Polemics in non-polemic ancient genres : or: "polemic" in the context of a new literary history of ancient Christianity / Christoph Markschies

"Are you the one to build me a house?" : Interreligious aspects of medieval Jewish, Christian and Islamic exegesis on David's role in building the temple / Meira Polliack, Arye Zoref, Orly Mizrachi

Catholicism versus protestantism and vice versa : the controversy surrounding Johann Adam Möhler's "symbolism"/ Simon Gerber

The materialities of interfaith spatial dialogues : lessons from a mixed Israeli city / Nimrod Luz

Religious polemics in motion : mythologies and territorial controversies over Rachel's Tomb, Our Lady of the Wall and the Bilāl Ibn Rabāḥ Mosque / Elisa Farinacci and Nurit Stadler

The trauma of God's excessive transcendence and the option of interreligious dialogue : the regensburg speech of Benedict XVI as a polemic and post-traumatic appeal / Christoph Schmidt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed October 29, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Religious polemics in Judaism, Christianity and Islam

ISBN:

9783111630397

3111630390

9783111630328

3111630323

OCLC:

1528630250

Publisher Number:

CIPO000253684

CIPO000253681

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license