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A history of Christian-Muslim relations / Hugh Goddard.

By: Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : New Amsterdam Books, 2001Description: 1 online resource (224 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781461636212 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of Christian-Muslim relations.LOC classification:
  • BP172 .G6 2001
Online resources:
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?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index.

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?

Electronic reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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