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A History of Christian-Muslim Relations
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2000
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The relationship between the Christian and Muslim worlds has been a long and tortuous one. Over the course of the centuries the balance of power has swung in pendulum fashion—at times the initiative seems to have lain with the Muslim community, with the Christian world simply being compelled to react to developments outside itself, while at other points the opposite has been true and Muslims have found themselves having to respond to Christian challenges in different forms. Today Christians and Muslims comprise the world's two largest religious communities. Although they can coexist fairly peacefully, at times they still engage in violent confrontation, such as in the recent conflicts in Bosnia and the Sudan. This book investigates the history of the relationships between Christians and Muslims over the centuries, from their initial encounters in the medieval period, when the Muslims were the dominant group, through to the modern period, when the balance of power seems to have been reversed. This much-needed 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.
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Copyright year
2000
ISBN-Print
978-1-56663-341-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-3621-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
212
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Table of Contents No access
Preface No access
Note on Transliteration and Dates No access
Chronology No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Early Christian Thinking about Other Religions No access
The History of the Christian Church in the Middle East No access
Muhammad's Contacts with Christians No access
The Qur'an's View of Christians No access
Precedents for Muslim Treatment of Christians No access
Christian Responses to the Coming of Islam No access
Muslim Treatment of Christians I No access
Contacts and Exchanges No access
Developing Mutual Perceptions No access
Muslim Treatment of Christians I1 No access
Conversion to Islam No access
Western Christian Reactions to the Coming of Islam No access
The Crusades No access
Alternative Perceptions of Islam No access
The Transmission of Knowledge from the Islamic World to the West No access
The Growth of European Power No access
The Establishment of Christian Missions No access
The Heyday of European Influence No access
Muslim Responses No access
The Growth of Western Academic Study of Islam No access
Changing Christian Thinking about Islam No access
Changing Muslim Thinking about Christianity No access
