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The Encounter of Eastern Christianity With Early Islam

By David Thomas , Emmanouela Grypeou , Mark N. Swanson

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2006
ISBN
9004149384, 9789004149380, 9789047408826
LCC
BP172 .E535 2006
Open Library ID
OL22740423M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3845642 bytes)
Series
History of Christian-Muslim Relations) (The History of Christian-Muslim Relations
Pages
345\345
Time added
2010-05-31 00:48:14

Description

The theme of this book is the early encounters between Christianity and Islam in the eastern provinces of the Byzantine Empire and in Persia from the beginnings of Islam in Mecca to the time of the Abbasids in Bagdad. The contributions in this volume deal with crucial subjects of political and theological dialogue and controversy that characterized the varying responses of the Christian communities in the Byzantine Eastern provinces to the Islamic conquest and its subsequent impact on Byzantine society and history. This volume opens up new research perspectives surrounding the confrontation of Christianity with the early theological and political development of Islam. The present publication emphasizes the importance of the study of the beginnings and the foundations of the relations between the two religions.

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