The Christian background to the coming of Islam -- The Islamic impact -- The first age of Christian-Muslim interaction ( -c. 830/215) -- The medieval period I: confrontation or interaction in the East? -- The medieval period II: confrontation or interaction in the West? -- The changing balance of power: mission and imperialism? -- New thinking in the nineteenth/thirteenth and twentieth/fourteenth centuries -- Dialogue or confrontation? -- The twenty-first/fifteenth century.
Summary
"Christians and Muslims comprise the world's two largest religious communities. This book looks at the history of their relationship--part peaceful co-existence and part violent confrontation--from their first encounters in the medieval period up to the present."-- Publisher description
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