RT Book
T1 A textual history of Christian-Muslim relations: seventh-fifteenth centuries
A1 Tieszen, Charles L. 1978-
LA English
PP Minneapolis, Minn.
PB Fortress Press
YR 2015
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/826824226
AB The question of Christian-Muslim relations is one of enduring importance in the twenty-first century. While there exists a broad range of helpful overviews on the question, these introductory texts often fail to provide readers with the depth that a thorough treatment of the primary sources and their authors would provide. In this important new project, Charles Tieszen provides a collection of primary theological sources devoted to the formational period of Christian-Muslim relations. It provides brief introductions to authors and their texts along with representative selections in English translation. The collection is arranged according to the key theological themes that emerge as Christians and Muslims encounter one another in this era. The result is a resource that offers students a far better grasp of the texts early Christians and Muslims wrote about each other and a better understanding of the important theological themes that are pertinent to Christian-Muslim dialogue today
AB Introduction: Voices in the history of Christian-Muslim relations -- Between heresy, adaptation, and the end of the world: early Christian responses to the rise of Islam (seventh to eighth centuries) -- Christianity in the language of Islam: developing Christian theology in Islamic contexts (eighth to ninth centuries) -- Refuting Christianity: Muslim assessments of Christian doctrine and practice (ninth to tenth centuries) -- Strengthening defenses, refining attacks: Christian-Muslim theological engagement in the Western Mediterranean (eleventh to twelfth centuries) -- Questions and answers: Christian-Muslim theological exchanges (thirteenth to fourteenth centuries) -- Old strategies for a new era: Muslims and Christians at the dawn of modernity (fifteenth century) -- Conclusion: Mapping some of the literary topoi of Christian-Muslim relations
NO Selection of primary texts in English collected under appropriate themes
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-257)  and index
CN BP172
SN 9781451490268
SN 1451490267
K1 Christianity and other religions : Islam : History : To 1500 : Sources
K1 Islam : Early works to 1800
K1 Islam : Relations : Christianity : History : To 1500 : Sources