Under Crescent and Cross
Title | Under Crescent and Cross PDF eBook |
Author | Mark R. Cohen |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780691010823 |
On the Jews in the Middle ages
Under Crescent and Cross
Title | Under Crescent and Cross PDF eBook |
Author | Mark R. Cohen |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 2008-08-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0691139318 |
Did Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages cohabit in a peaceful "interfaith utopia"? Or were Jews under Muslim rule persecuted, much as they were in Christian lands? Rejecting both polemically charged ideas as myths, Mark Cohen offers a systematic comparison of Jewish life in medieval Islam and Christendom--and the first in-depth explanation of why medieval Islamic-Jewish relations, though not utopic, were less confrontational and violent than those between Christians and Jews in the West. Under Crescent and Cross has been translated into Turkish, Hebrew, German, Arabic, French, and Spanish, and its historic message continues to be relevant across continents and time. This updated edition, which contains an important new introduction and afterword by the author, serves as a great companion to the original.
The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent
Title | The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent PDF eBook |
Author | Erwin W. Lutzer |
Publisher | Harvest House Publishers |
Total Pages | 251 |
Release | 2013-02-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0736951334 |
Islam is on the rise all over the West, including America. In this compelling new book, bestselling author Erwin Lutzer urges Christians to see this as both an opportunity to share the gospel and a reason for concern. We have now reached a tipping point—the spread of Islam is rapidly altering the way we live. These changes are cause for alarm, for they endanger our freedoms of speech and religion. At the same time, this opens an incredible door of ministry for Christians, for Muslims normally do not have access to the gospel in their own lands. In The Cross in the Shadow of the Crescent, readers will discover helpful answers to these questions and more: How does Islam’s growing influence affect me personally? In what ways are our freedoms of speech and religion in danger? How can I extend Christ’s love to Muslims around me? A sensitive, responsible, and highly informative must-read!
The Crescent and the Cross
Title | The Crescent and the Cross PDF eBook |
Author | Oliver Ramsbotham |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 246 |
Release | 2016-07-27 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1349264407 |
This book is the product of dialogue between a group of leading British Muslim and Christian scholars concerned about the alleged danger to the 'West' of Islamic 'fundamentalism'. It analyses the ethical and legal principles, rooted in both traditions, underlying any use of armed force in the modern world. After chapters on the history, theology and laws of war as seen from both sides, the book applies its conclusions to (a) the 1990-91 Gulf War and (b) the Bosnian Conflict. It concludes that Huntington's 'Clash of Civilisations' thesis is a dangerous myth.
The Cross and the Crescent
Title | The Cross and the Crescent PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Fletcher |
Publisher | Penguin Books |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 2005-01-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The Cross and the Crescent is a brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from the time of Muhammad to the Reformation, by Englands leading mediaeval historian.
Christians Under the Crescent and Muslims Under the Cross C.630-1923
Title | Christians Under the Crescent and Muslims Under the Cross C.630-1923 PDF eBook |
Author | Luigi Andrea Berto |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 167 |
Release | 2020-12-31 |
Genre | Christians |
ISBN | 9780367608552 |
Prohibitions, laws and justice -- Conversions -- Working -- Sharing beliefs and spaces -- Attacking the other -- Eliminating the other.
Alienated Minority
Title | Alienated Minority PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth Stow |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2009-06-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780674044050 |
This narrative history surveying one thousand years of Jewish life integrates the Jewish experience into the context of the overall culture and society of medieval Europe. It presents a new picture of the interaction between Christians and Jews in this tumultuous era. Alienated Minority shows us what it meant to be a Jew in Europe in the Middle Ages. The story begins in the fifth century, when autonomous Jewish rule in Palestine came to a close, and when the papacy, led by Gregory the Great, established enduring principles regarding Christian policy toward Jews. Kenneth Stow examines the structures of self-government in the European Jewish community and the centrality of emerging concepts of representation. He studies economic enterprise, especially banking; constructs a clear image of the medieval Jewish family; and portrays in detail the very rich Jewish intellectual life. Analyzing policies of Church and State in the Middle Ages, Stow argues that a firmly defined legal and constitutional position of the Jewish minority in the earlier period gave way to a legal status created expressly for Jews, who in the later period were seen as inimical to the common good. It was this special status that paved the way for the royal expulsions of Jews that began at the end of the thirteenth century.