The contributions in this volume deal with crucial subjects of political and theological dialogue and controversy that characterized the varying responses of th

The contributions in this volume deal with crucial subjects of political and theological dialogue and controversy that characterized the varying responses of th

The first Christians to meet Muslims were not Latin-speaking Christians from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speaking Christians from Constantinople but rath

The relationship between the Christian and Muslim worlds has been a long and tortuous one. Over the course of the centuries the balance of power has swung in pe

The first Christians to encounter Islam were not Latin-speakers from the western Mediterranean or Greek-speakers from Constantinople but Mesopotamian Christians