A History of Christian-Muslim Relations

by Hugh Goddard

Overview

Hugh Goddard investigates the history of the relationships between Christians and Muslims over the centuries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781566633413
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/05/2000
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Hugh Goddard is Honorary Professorial Fellow in the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface vii
Part 2 Note on Transliteration and Dates viii
Part 3 Chronology ix
Part 4 Map 1: The Christian and Muslim Worlds c. 830/215 51
Part 5 Map 2: The Christian and Muslim Worlds Today 178–9
Part 6 Introduction 1
Part 7 The Christian Background to the Coming of Islam 5
Chapter 8 Early Christian Thinking about Other Religions 5
Chapter 9 The History of the Christian Church in the Middle East 11
Part 10 The Islamic Impact 19
Chapter 11 Muhammad's Contacts with Christians 19
Chapter 12 The Qur'an's View of Christians 24
Chapter 13 Precedents for Muslim Treatment of Christians 29
Part 14 The First Age of Christian–Muslim Interactions (-c. 830/215) 34
Chapter 15 Christain Reponses to the Coming of Islam 34
Chapter 16 Muslim Treatment of Christians I 41
Part 17 The Medieval Period I: Confrontation or Interaction in the East? 50
Chapter 18 Contacts and Exchanges 50
Chapter 19 Developing Mutual Perceptions 56
Chapter 20 Muslim Treatment of Christians II 66
Chapter 21 Conversion to Islam 68
Part 22 The Medieval Period II: Confrontation or Interaction in the West? 79
Chapter 23 Western Christian Reactions to the Coming of Islam 79
Chapter 24 The Crusades 84
Chapter 25 Alternative Perceptions of Islam 92
Chapter 26 The Transmission of Knowledge from the Islamic World to the West 96
Part 27 The Changing Balance of Power: Mission and Imperialism? 109
Chapter 28 The Growth of European Power 109
Chapter 29 The Establishment of Christian Missions 113
Chapter 30 The Heyday of European Influence 123
Chapter 31 Muslim Responses 127
Part 32 New Thinking in the 19th/13th and 20th/14th Centuries 142
Chapter 33 The Growth of Western Academic Study of Islam 142
Chapter 34 Changing Christian Thinking about Islam 149
Chapter 35 Changing Muslim Thinking about Christianity 158
Part 36 Dialogue or Confrontation? 177
Chapter 37 The Dialogue Movement 177
Chapter 38 The Political Context 186
Chapter 39 Fellow-Pilgrims? 188
Part 40 Bibliography 199
Part 41 Index 201

What People are Saying About This

DAVID KERR

Appropriately designed to give an introductory overview of the encounter of Christianity and Islam...
—UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Editorial Reviews

Appropriately designed to give an introductory overview of the encounter of Christianity and Islam...He approaches the subject as a historian of religion with sensitivity to the civilizational character of the Christian-Muslim encounter—i.e. an encounter in which 'religious' aspects must be set in a wider discussion of social, economic, political, and religious factors.

David Kerr

This overview…for general readers succeeds admirably. … Goddard’s book is an excellent introduction to Christian-Muslim relations.

Journal of Religion - Thomas Burman

Excellent summaries of contemporary interreligious dialogue and of thinkers from both religions who have demonstrated an interest in the other.

Religious Studies Review - Gregory J. Miller

Goddard (Islamic theology, U. of Nottingham, UK) has produced an erudite, detailed, and even-handed history of the relations between Christians and Muslims that will make a useful text for undergraduate courses on religion and more advanced courses on history. He starts his study with a discussion of Christian thinking on other religions, and the early Christian church in the Middle East. Subsequent chapters examine the beginning of Islam and its first contacts with Christians, Koranic views of Christians, and the contact between Christians and Muslims in trade, learning, missions, colonization, and migration from the Middle Ages to the present day. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

The book is easy to read and satisfying in its thoroughnesss without the burden of excessive detail … The author presents a fair and balanced survey of history that is useful for both Muslim and Christian Readers. For anyone who desires to reach out to Muslims, this work is well worth the effort to read. It is accurate and relevant.

… well-written, densely-packed, comprehensive documented and skilfully analysed book…The bibliographies, if supplemented by the footnotes, offer a generous range of sources to the reader. Students, in particular, will appreciate the clarity of the argument and the balanced selection by the author from every shade of opinion.

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