Waardenburg, Jean Jacques.

Muslims and others : relations in context / Jacques Waardenburg. - Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2003. - 1 online resource (xx, 519 pages). - Religion and reason ; v. 41 . - Religion and reason ; 41. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preface; Content; Introduction; Section 1 Three Monotheistic Religions; Chapter 1 Christians, Muslims, Jews, and their Religions; Chapter 2 Three Monotheistic Religions: Structure and Patterns of Meaning; Section 2 Muslim Encounters with Other Religions in History; Chapter 3 The Earliest Relations of Islam with other Religions; Chapter 4 Cases of Interreligious Dialogue under Muslim Rule; Section 3 Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions; Chapter 5 Two Shining Lights: Medieval Islam and Christianity; Chapter 6 World Religions Seen in Islamic Light.

Jacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and adherents of other religions. He shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims - particularly Christianity and "the West", but also Judaism and Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and tensions.

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Islam--Relations.
Muslims--Non-Islamic countries.
RELIGION--Islam--Theology.
Ethnic relations.
Interfaith relations.
International relations.
Islam.
Muslims.
Islam.
Islamieten.
Interreligieuze dialoog.


Europe--Ethnic relations.
Islamic countries--Relations--Europe.
Europe--Relations--Islamic countries.
Europe.
Islamic countries.
Non-Islamic countries.

Islam Relaciones. Europa Relaciones étnicas. Paises islámicos Relaciones Europa. Europa Relaciones Paises islámicos.


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