Reviewing a time-span from the first Muslim-Christian encounters to the Salman Rushdie affair, this study traces the history of the two religions in question and attempts to describe how the exponents of each religion perceive the other.

Muslim-Christian Encounters: Perceptions and Misperceptions

Watt, William Montgomery

Religion & Spirituality

Routledge

Muslim-Christian Encounters (Routledge Revivals): Perceptions and Misperceptions

First published in 1991, this title explores the myths and misperceptions that have underpinned Muslim-Christian relations throughout history, and which endure to the current day. William Montgomery Watt describes how the myths originated and developed, and argues that both Muslims and Christians need to have a more accurate knowledge and positive appreciation of the other religion. Chapters discuss the Qur’anic perception of Christianity, attitudes to Greek philosophy and the relationship between Islam and Christianity in medieval Europe. Written by one of the leading authorities on Islam in the West, Muslim-Christian Encounters remains a relevant and vivid study and will be of particular value to students of Islam, religious history and sociology.

History

World

What Is Islam

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Islamic Creeds (The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)

There are no official creeds in Islam, but there is broad agreement in mainstream Sunnite Islam about the chief doctrines. Over the centuries these have been expressed in creeds and have been widely recognised and used for instruction. In this book Professor Watt introduces the history of the creeds and takes the student through a selection of the main ones in translation. Explanatory notes and a single Shi'ite creed are also given in this useful and informative survey.

Islam

Edinburgh University Press

This comprehensive introduction to the history of Islamic Spain takes thereader through the events, people and movements from 711 to 1492.

A History of Islamic Spain (The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)

Cachia, Pierre

Europe

Islam and the Integration of Society

Northwestern Univ Pr

Presents a clear and comprehensive survey of the development of Islamic political thought----from the politico-religious structure established by Mohammed and his immediate successors to its current status in the modern world.

Islamic Political Thought: The Basic Concepts

Business & Money

Economics

Edinburgh Univ Pr

Islamic Fundamentalism and Modernity

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