Muslims and others : relations in context /

Jacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and adherents of other religions. He shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims - particularly Christianity and "the West", but also Judaism and Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and tensions

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Main Authors: Waardenburg, Jean Jacques
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: de Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin :
Publication Dates: 2003
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Religion and reason ; 41
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110200959
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Summary: Jacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and adherents of other religions. He shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims - particularly Christianity and "the West", but also Judaism and Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and tensions
Item Description: Description based upon print version of record
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(519pages).
ISBN: 9783110200959
Index Number: BP171
CLC: B968
Contents: Chapter 14 Muslim Minorities: Politics and Religion in the BalkansChapter 15 Muslim-Christian Minority Problems in Europe and the Middle East; Chapter 16 Issues in Muslim-Christian Relations; Chapter 17 Between Baghdad and Birmingham: Opportunities of Minorities; Section 6 Muslims and Others in Processes of Change; Chapter 18 Muslims and Christians: Changing Identities; Chapter 19 Muslims and Westerners: Changing Attitudes; Bibliographical List; 1. Index of Persons; 2. Index of Subjects; 3. Index of Concepts;.
Chapter 7 Twentieth Century Writings about Other Religions: A ClassificationChapter 8 Some Observations on Muslim Studies of Religions; Section 4 Muslims and the West, Muslims in the West; Chapter 9 Some Muslim Reflections on the West; Chapter 10 Europe and its Muslim Neighbors: Glimpses of Dialogue; Chapter 11 Muslims and Their Islam in Europe: Initiatives and Responses; Chapter 12 Diversity and Unity of Islam in Europe: Islamic Constructs; Chapter 13 Muslims and Others in Europe: Cultural and Intercultural Contacts; Section 5 Muslim-Christian Relations and Minority Problems.
Preface; Content; Introduction; Section 1 Three Monotheistic Religions; Chapter 1 Christians, Muslims, Jews, and their Religions; Chapter 2 Three Monotheistic Religions: Structure and Patterns of Meaning; Section 2 Muslim Encounters with Other Religions in History; Chapter 3 The Earliest Relations of Islam with other Religions; Chapter 4 Cases of Interreligious Dialogue under Muslim Rule; Section 3 Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions; Chapter 5 Two Shining Lights: Medieval Islam and Christianity; Chapter 6 World Religions Seen in Islamic Light.