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  • Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue

    Edited by Charles Tieszen ...
    Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue addresses the main theological topics of discussion that appear in Christian-Muslim engagement. Many of these topics originate in the medieval period and the earliest encounters between Christians and Muslims. Even so, the topics persist in contemporary contexts of dialogue and engagement. Christians and Muslims still discuss whether or not God ... Read more

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  • Mercy and Grace

    Christian and Muslim Perspectives

    by Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Kenan Musić, Maria Dakake, Mahan Mirza, Ramon Harvey, Muhammad Modassir Ali, Julia Lamm, Jacob Onyumbe, Christopher M. Hays, Veli-Matti Karkkainen, Susan Eastman, Charles Tieszen, Syed Atif Rizwan ...
    An interreligious dialogue on the central Christian and Islamic concepts of mercy and grace seeking to foster and model mutual respect for different faith traditionsThe themes of divine mercy and graciousness are among the most foundational concepts in both the Christian and Islamic traditions and scriptures. "Mercy" might seem more prominent in Islamic discourse than in Christian; and "grace" ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • The Christian Encounter with Muhammad

    How Theologians have Interpreted the Prophet

    by Charles Tieszen ...
    This book offers a fresh appraisal of Muhammad that considers the widest possible history of the ways in which Christians have assessed his prophethood.To medieval Christian communities, Muhammad-the leader of a religious and political community that grew quickly and with relative success-was an enigma. Did God really send him as a prophet with a revelation? Was the political success of the ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • Cross Veneration in the Medieval Islamic World

    Christian Identity and Practice under Muslim Rule

    by Charles Tieszen ...
    Series series Early and Medieval Islamic World
    One of the most common religious practices among medieval Eastern Christian communities was their devotion to venerating crosses and crucifixes. Yet many of these communities existed in predominantly Islamic contexts, where the practice was subject to much criticism and often resulted in accusations of idolatry. How did Christians respond to these allegations? Why did they advocate the ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

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  • The Lost History of Christianity

    The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia—and How It Died

    by John Philip Jenkins ...
    The New York Times bestselling history of early Christianity in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East—from "one of America's best scholars of religion" ( The Economist).In this groundbreaking book, renowned scholar Philip Jenkins explores a vast and forgotten network of the world's largest and most influential Christian churches that existed to the east of the Roman Empire. These churches and their ... Read more

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  • Allah

    A Christian Response

    by Miroslav Volf ...
    From Miroslav Volf, one of the world's foremost Christian theologians—and co-teacher, along with Tony Blair, of a groundbreaking Yale University course on faith and globalization—comes Allah, a timely and provocative argument for a new pluralism between Muslims and Christians.In a penetrating exploration of every side of the issue, from New York Times headlines on terrorism to passages in the ... Read more

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  • Abraham's Curse

    The Roots of Violence in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

    by Bruce Chilton ...
    "When they arrived at the place which God had indicated to him, Abraham built an altar there, and arranged the wood. Then he bound his son and put him on the altar on top of the wood. Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to kill his son..." --The Book of GenesisThe story of Abraham's acceptance of God's command to sacrifice his son Isaac is one of the most disturbing of all biblical ... Read more

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  • The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque

    Christians and Muslims in the World of Islam

    by Sidney H. Griffith ...
    Series series Jews, Christians, and Muslims from the Ancient to the Modern World
    Amid so much twenty-first-century talk of a "Christian-Muslim divide"--and the attendant controversy in some Western countries over policies toward minority Muslim communities--a historical fact has gone unnoticed: for more than four hundred years beginning in the mid-seventh century, some 50 percent of the world's Christians lived and worshipped under Muslim rule. Just who were the Christians in ... Read more

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  • Non Sola Scriptura

    Essays on the Qur’an and Islam in Honour of William A. Graham

    Edited by Bruce Fudge, Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Christian Lange, Sarah Bowen Savant ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Qur'an
    William A. Graham is an influential and pioneering scholar of Islamic Studies at Harvard University. This volume brings together 17 contributions to the study of the Qur’an and Islam, all influenced by his work.Contributions to this collection, by his colleagues and students, treat many different aspects of Islamic scripture, from textual interpretation and hermeneutics to recitation and parallels ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Seeing Islam as Others Saw It: A Survey and Evaluation of Christian, Jewish and Zoroastrian Writings on Early Islam

    by Robert G. Hoyland ...
    This book offers a new approach to the vexing question of how to write the early history of Islam. The first part discusses the nature of the Muslim and non-Muslim source material for the seventh- and eighth-century Middle East and argues that by lessening the divide between these two traditions, which has largely been erected by modern scholarship, we can come to a better appreciation of this ... Read more

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  • The Monotheists: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conflict and Competition, Volume I

    The Peoples of God

    by Francis Edward Peters ...
    The world's three great monotheistic religions have spent most of their historical careers in conflict or competition with each other. And yet in fact they sprung from the same spiritual roots and have been nurtured in the same historical soil. This book--an extraordinarily comprehensive and approachable comparative introduction to these religions--seeks not so much to demonstrate the truth of ... Read more

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  • Martyrdom

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Jolyon Mitchell ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Martyrdom is not only a sharply contested term and act, but it has a long history of provoking controversy. One person's 'martyr' is another's 'terrorist', and one person's 'martyrdom operation' is another's 'suicide bombing'. Suicide attacks have made recurring questions about martyrdom more pertinent to current discussions. What is martyrdom? Why are some people drawn towards giving up their ... Read more

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