The church in the shadow of the mosque: Christians and Muslims in the world of Islam

Abstract

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix PREFACE xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER I: People of the Gospel, People of the Book: C Hristians and Christianity in the World of Islam 6 CHAPTER II: Apocalypse and the Arabs: The First Christian Responses to the Challenge of Islam 23 CHAPTER III: Christian Theology in Arabic: A New Development in Church Life 45 CHAPTER IV: The Shape of Christian Theology in Arabic: The Genres and Strategies of Christian Discourse in the World of Islam 75 CHAPTER VP: Christian Philosophy in Baghdad and Beyond: A Major Partner in the Development of Classical Islamic Intellectual Culture 106 CHAPTER VI: What Has Baghdad to Do with Constantinople or Rome?: Oriental Christian Self-Definition in the World of Islam 129 CHAPTER VII: Between the Crescent and the Cross: Convivencia, the Clash of Theologies, and Interreligious Dialogue 156 BIBLIOGRAPHY 181 INDEX 213