A History of Christian-Muslim Relations

by Goddard, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9781566633406
• ISBN10: 1566633400
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-05
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Summary

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

Table of Contents

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