Shi'ite rulers, Sunni rivals, and Christians in between : Muslim-Christian relations in Fāṭimid Palestine and Egypt / Steven M. Gertz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gertz, Steven M. (Lecturer in theological and religious studies), author.

Series:

Islamic History and Thought Series

Islamic History and Thought Series ; v.32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Christianity and other religions--Islam.

Christianity and other religions.

Shīʻah--Relations--Sunnites.

Shīʻah.

Islamic Empire.

Middle East--Religion.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press LLC, [2023]

Summary:

The study of sectarianism in Islam and the study of Muslim-Christian relations are both sub-specialities attracting growing numbers of scholars in Islamic studies. Rarely, though, are these two fields put into direct conversation with each other. In this work, Steven Gertz brings the two together to ask how the Sunni-Shi'a divide in Islam impacts Muslim relationships with Christians. Do tensions within Islam do more to help Muslim relationships with Christians, or harm them? Gertz goes about answering this through a historical study of the Fatimid caliphate in Palestine and Egypt during the fourth/tenth and fifth/eleventh centuries. He specifically works to understand how Fatimid religious principles (ascertained through the study of law) and politics (ascertained through the study of history) impacted Christians in light of Fatimid-Abbasid rivalry. In the process of doing so, he makes a valuable contribution to the study of Islamic religious identity formation as it concerns sectarianism within Islam and inter-religious relations with non-Muslims.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2. SECTARIANISM AND DHIMMĪS IN THE NAHJ AL-BALĀGHA

CHAPTER 3. SECTARIANISM AND DHIMMĪS IN THE DAʿĀʾIM AL-ISLĀM

CHAPTER 4. GOVERNING THE DHIMMĪS IN PALESTINE AND EGYPT: FĀṬIMID PERSPECTIVES

CHAPTER 5. GOVERNING THE DHIMMĪS IN PALESTINE AND EGYPT: MELKITE PERSPECTIVES

CHAPTER 6. CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Gertz, Steven Shiʿite Rulers, Sunni Rivals, and Christians in Between

ISBN:

9781463244743

1463244746

OCLC:

1380463967