Islam and the West: The Making of an ImageHailed as a classic, newly revised and thoroughly updated, this study of the formation of western ideas about Islam offers vital insights into the relationship between two of the world's greatest religions. In a scholarly and balanced work, Daniel traces the development of Christian-Islamic interaction from medieval times to the present day. |
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... tion that anti - Islamic polemic should be seen in relation to the literary tradition of polemic against Judaism . Anti - Judaic polemic is naturally antecedent to anti - Islamic writing , but , more important , it is based on an ...
... tion that anti - Islamic polemic should be seen in relation to the literary tradition of polemic against Judaism . Anti - Judaic polemic is naturally antecedent to anti - Islamic writing , but , more important , it is based on an ...
Page 183
... tion , must be inadequate ; but the Liber Scalae is here itself defective.78 San Pedro was willing to admit the difficulties of the Christian posi- tion about predestination . He had said that the goodness of God could not be reconciled ...
... tion , must be inadequate ; but the Liber Scalae is here itself defective.78 San Pedro was willing to admit the difficulties of the Christian posi- tion about predestination . He had said that the goodness of God could not be reconciled ...
Page 253
... tion with the ablutions before the prayer . The French Franciscan Livin , seeking a short formula in which to denounce Islam in public , in the mosque before the sultan and the people , chose to say that the prayer there offered was ...
... tion with the ablutions before the prayer . The French Franciscan Livin , seeking a short formula in which to denounce Islam in public , in the mosque before the sultan and the people , chose to say that the prayer there offered was ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 9 |
CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF ISLAMIC BELIEF | 35 |
THE CHRISTIAN ATTACK UPON PSEUDOPROPHECY | 67 |
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