Islamic Interpretations of Christianity

ISBN-13: 9780415587068 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 256 str.

Lloyd Ridgeon; Lloyd Ridgeon

Opis

The Islamic understanding of Christianity is provided here, in ten chapters which focus upon theological, philosophical and mystical issues, which are as relevant today as they always have been in the Muslim-Christian dialogue.

Spis treści

Introduction, Malise Ruthven; Part 1 The Classical Period; Chapter 1 Christianity in the Qur'?n, David Marshall; Chapter 2 Christians in the ?ad?th Literature, Marston Speight; Chapter 3 Legal Exegesis: Christians as a Case Study, John Dammen McAuliffe; Chapter 4 The Doctrine of the Trinity in the Early Abbasid Era, David Thomas; Chapter 5 Christianity as Portrayed by Jal?l al-D?n R?m?, Lloyd Ridgeon; Chapter 6 The Esoteric Christianity of Islam: Interiorisation of Christian Imagery in Medieval Persian Sufi Poetry, Leonard Lewisohn; Part 2 The Modern Period; Chapter 7 Sayyid Qu?b's Attitude Towards Christianity: s?ra 9.29–35 in F? ?il?l Al-Qur’?n, Neal Robinson; Chapter 8 Muslim Perceptions of Christianity and the West, Kate Zebiri; Chapter 9 Depictions of “Christianity” within British Islamic Institutions, Philip Lewis; Chapter 10 Christian-Muslim Relations in Nigeria and Malaysia, Hugh Goddard;

O autorze

Lloyd Ridgeon is Reader in Islamic Studies at the University of Glasgow. He teaches courses on classical Islamic Studies, modern Iran and modern Islamic thought, and his research interests include Sufism, Iranian history and culture, Iranian cinema and Islamic theology.