Envisioning Islam
Title | Envisioning Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Philip Penn |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | 301 |
Release | 2015-06-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0812291441 |
The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Under Muslim rule from the seventh century onward, Syriac Christians wrote the most extensive descriptions extant of early Islam. Seldom translated and often omitted from modern historical reconstructions, this vast body of texts reveals a complicated and evolving range of religious and cultural exchanges that took place from the seventh to the ninth century. The first book-length analysis of these earliest encounters, Envisioning Islam highlights the ways these neglected texts challenge the modern scholarly narrative of early Muslim conquests, rulers, and religious practice. Examining Syriac sources including letters, theological tracts, scientific treatises, and histories, Michael Philip Penn reveals a culture of substantial interreligious interaction in which the categorical boundaries between Christianity and Islam were more ambiguous than distinct. The diversity of ancient Syriac images of Islam, he demonstrates, revolutionizes our understanding of the early Islamic world and challenges widespread cultural assumptions about the history of exclusively hostile Christian-Muslim relations.
Envisioning Islam
Title | Envisioning Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Philip Penn |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2015-07-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812247221 |
Uses writings of Mesopotamian Christians to challenge modern scholarly narratives of early Muslim conquests, rulers, and religious practices.
Unknown MIR Title
Title | Unknown MIR Title PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Fortunak Nichols |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 288 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Christian converts from Islam |
ISBN | 9781879089501 |
Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture
Title | Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | David J. Roxburgh |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 341 |
Release | 2016-01-27 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9004280286 |
Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture: Essays in Honor of Renata Holod offers innovative analyses and interpretations of both familiar and previously unpublished objects and monuments, its essays adopting the broad range of methodological approaches stimulated by Holod's research and pedagogy.
When Christians First Met Muslims
Title | When Christians First Met Muslims PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Philip Penn |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 274 |
Release | 2015-03-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0520284933 |
The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rather Christians from northern Mesopotamia who spoke the Aramaic dialect of Syriac. Living in what constitutes modern-day Iran, Iraq, Syria, and eastern Turkey, these Syriac Christians were under Muslim rule from the seventh century to the present. They wrote the earliest and most extensive accounts of Islam and described a complicated set of religious and cultural exchanges not reducible to the solely antagonistic. Through its critical introductions and new translations of this invaluable historical material, When Christians First Met Muslims allows scholars, students, and the general public to explore the earliest interactions of what eventually became the world's two largest religions, shedding new light on Islamic history and Christian-Muslim relations.
The Religious Other
Title | The Religious Other PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Accad |
Publisher | Langham Global Library |
Total Pages | 399 |
Release | 2020-12-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1839734442 |
We live at a time when religious diversity has become a fact of life in our globalized societies. Yet Christian engagement with Muslims remains complex, complicated by fear, misunderstanding and a history fraught with political and cultural tensions. These essays, drawn from the 2018 and 2019 Middle East Consultations hosted by the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary’s Institute of Middle East Studies, engage the need for a carefully developed theological understanding of Islam, its origins and its sacred text. Weaving together the work of christian scholars of Islam, the Bible, theology and missiology, along with the insights of ministry practitioners, this book combines scholarly exploration with pertinent ministry practice, offering a rich framework for the church to continue its conversation about its engagement with Muslim communities and its proclamation of Christ worldwide.
Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans
Title | Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans PDF eBook |
Author | David K. Yoo |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2020-08-31 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0824882741 |
In Envisioning Religion, Race, and Asian Americans, David K. Yoo and Khyati Y. Joshi assemble a wide-ranging and important collection of essays documenting the intersections of race and religion and Asian American communities—a combination so often missing both in the scholarly literature and in public discourse. Issues of religion and race/ethnicity undergird current national debates around immigration, racial profiling, and democratic freedoms, but these issues, as the contributors document, are longstanding ones in the United States. The essays feature dimensions of traditions such as Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism, as well as how religion engages with topics that include religious affiliation (or lack thereof), the legacy of the Vietnam War, and popular culture. The contributors also address the role of survey data, pedagogy, methodology, and literature that is richly complementary and necessary for understanding the scope and range of the subject of Asian American religions. These essays attest to the vibrancy and diversity of Asian American religions, while at the same time situating these conversations in a scholarly lineage and discourse. This collection will certainly serve as an invaluable resource for scholars, students, and general readers with interests in Asian American religions, ethnic and Asian American studies, religious studies, American studies, and related fields that focus on immigration and race.