Christians at the heart of islamic rule : church life and scholarship in 'abbasid iraq.

Christians at the heart of islamic rule : church life and scholarship in 'abbasid iraq.

This work covers aspects of Christian life in and around Baghdad in the early centuries of 'Abbasid rule. It explores both broad themes, such as the place of monasteries in Muslim cultural life, accusations of Islam as crypto-adolatry, and Muslim responses to Christian apologetic arguments.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woodbrooke-Mingana Symposium On Arab Christianity And ... (4th: 2001: Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2003.
Series:History of Christian-Muslim relations ; v. 1.
Subjects:
600-1500
Christianity and other religions > Islam > Congresses.
Islam > Relations > Christianity > Congresses.
Christianity
Interfaith relations
Islam
Iraq > Church history > Middle Ages, 600-1500 > Congresses.
Iraq
Church history
Conference papers and proceedings
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Summary:This work covers aspects of Christian life in and around Baghdad in the early centuries of 'Abbasid rule. It explores both broad themes, such as the place of monasteries in Muslim cultural life, accusations of Islam as crypto-adolatry, and Muslim responses to Christian apologetic arguments.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
ISBN:9047401913
9789047401919
ISSN:1570-7350 ;

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