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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.
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.
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 t...
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Emmanouela Grypeou has a Ph.D. in Languages and Cultures of the Christian Orient, and is a Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (Cambridge, UK). Her previous publications include Das vollkommene Pascha: Gnostische Bibelexegese und gnostische Ethik (2005, Wiesbaden).
Mark N. Swanson received his doctorate from the Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica (PISAI) in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Christian History and Islam, and Director of the Islamic Studies Program, at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He has authored numerous articles and chapters in Arabic Christian studies.
David Thomas, Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, University of Lancaster, is Reader in Christianity and Islam at the University of Birmingham. He has published extensively on Christian-Muslim relations, most recently Early Muslim Polemic against Christianity (2002, Cambridge), Christians at the Heart of Islamic Rule (2003, Leiden), and Muslim-Christian Polemic during the Crusades. The Letter from the People of Cyprus and Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī’s Response (with R.Y. Ebied, 2005).
Mark N. Swanson received his doctorate from the Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi e d’Islamistica (PISAI) in Rome, Italy. He currently serves as Associate Professor of Christian History and Islam, and Director of the Islamic Studies Program, at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. He has authored numerous articles and chapters in Arabic Christian studies.
David Thomas, Ph.D. in Islamic Studies, University of Lancaster, is Reader in Christianity and Islam at the University of Birmingham. He has published extensively on Christian-Muslim relations, most recently Early Muslim Polemic against Christianity (2002, Cambridge), Christians at the Heart of Islamic Rule (2003, Leiden), and Muslim-Christian Polemic during the Crusades. The Letter from the People of Cyprus and Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī’s Response (with R.Y. Ebied, 2005).
Emmanouela Grypeou has a Ph.D. in Languages and Cultures of the Christian Orient, and is a Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations (Cambridge, UK). Her previous publications include Das vollkommene Pascha: Gnostische Bibelexegese und gnostische Ethik (2005, Wiesbaden)...
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