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Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism : Islam's special role in restoring Convivencia, Terence Lovat, Robert Crotty

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At the present time, when so-called Islamic radicalism, terrorism and Jihadism occupy major media space, with Islam often depicted as the main culprit, the book attempts a tour de force. It proposes that Islam is as much victim as culprit in the history that has led to the current hostility. This is because the common claims of both mainstream and radical Islam that Islam represents the high point of the Abrahamic tradition, and therefore a purification of Judaism and Christianity, have been largely ignored, misunderstood or blatantly rejected by these faiths and therefore by "the West" in general. This rejection has effectively rendered Islam as the poor cousin, if not the illegitimate sibling, of the tradition. In turn, this has created long-term resentment and hostility within Islam as well as robbed the "Judaeo-Christian West" of a rich, inter-faith understanding of the wider Abrahamic tradition. The book explores these claims through textual, historical and theological analyses, proposing that many of them stand up better to critical scrutiny than has been commonly acknowledged. It further proposes that seeing Islam in this way has potential to re-awaken its self-understanding as a leader of accord among the Abrahamic faiths, of the kind that characterized the era of Convivencia when, in medieval Spain, Islam constructed and contributed to advanced civilizations characterized by relatively harmonious co-existence between Muslims, Christians and Jews. The book focuses on the role that a more respected and self-confident Islam could play in forging enhanced inter-faith relations in a world that desperately needs them as it struggles to understand and deal with modern and particularly vicious forms of radical Islamism
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eng
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Extent
xiii, 137 pages
Contents
  • Re-constructing Convivencia in the twenty-first century
  • An introduction to the Abrahamic religions
  • A theory of religion and being religious
  • The story from the vantage point of Judaism
  • The story from the vantage point of Christianity
  • The story from the vantage point of Islam
  • The heart of the Ibrahimic story in Islam
  • The increasing cogency of Islamism
  • The historical exemplar : la Convivencia
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9783319155470
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Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism : Islam's special role in restoring Convivencia
Title
Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism
Title remainder
Islam's special role in restoring Convivencia
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Terence Lovat, Robert Crotty
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Islam's special role in restoring Convivencia
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
At the present time, when so-called Islamic radicalism, terrorism and Jihadism occupy major media space, with Islam often depicted as the main culprit, the book attempts a tour de force. It proposes that Islam is as much victim as culprit in the history that has led to the current hostility. This is because the common claims of both mainstream and radical Islam that Islam represents the high point of the Abrahamic tradition, and therefore a purification of Judaism and Christianity, have been largely ignored, misunderstood or blatantly rejected by these faiths and therefore by "the West" in general. This rejection has effectively rendered Islam as the poor cousin, if not the illegitimate sibling, of the tradition. In turn, this has created long-term resentment and hostility within Islam as well as robbed the "Judaeo-Christian West" of a rich, inter-faith understanding of the wider Abrahamic tradition. The book explores these claims through textual, historical and theological analyses, proposing that many of them stand up better to critical scrutiny than has been commonly acknowledged. It further proposes that seeing Islam in this way has potential to re-awaken its self-understanding as a leader of accord among the Abrahamic faiths, of the kind that characterized the era of Convivencia when, in medieval Spain, Islam constructed and contributed to advanced civilizations characterized by relatively harmonious co-existence between Muslims, Christians and Jews. The book focuses on the role that a more respected and self-confident Islam could play in forging enhanced inter-faith relations in a world that desperately needs them as it struggles to understand and deal with modern and particularly vicious forms of radical Islamism
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Lovat, Terry
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297.2/82
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index present
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BP171
LC item number
.L68 2015
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non fiction
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Crotty, Robert B.
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SpringerBriefs in religious studies
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  • Islam
  • Islam
  • Christianity and other religions
  • Christianity and other religions
  • Judaism
  • Judaism
  • Religious tolerance
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Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism : Islam's special role in restoring Convivencia, Terence Lovat, Robert Crotty
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index
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Contents
  • Re-constructing Convivencia in the twenty-first century
  • An introduction to the Abrahamic religions
  • A theory of religion and being religious
  • The story from the vantage point of Judaism
  • The story from the vantage point of Christianity
  • The story from the vantage point of Islam
  • The heart of the Ibrahimic story in Islam
  • The increasing cogency of Islamism
  • The historical exemplar : la Convivencia
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000400452
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiii, 137 pages
Isbn
9783319155470
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(softcover : acid-free paper)
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2015932238
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • (Sirsi) 000400452
  • (OCoLC)900306442
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Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism : Islam's special role in restoring Convivencia, Terence Lovat, Robert Crotty
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Re-constructing Convivencia in the twenty-first century
  • An introduction to the Abrahamic religions
  • A theory of religion and being religious
  • The story from the vantage point of Judaism
  • The story from the vantage point of Christianity
  • The story from the vantage point of Islam
  • The heart of the Ibrahimic story in Islam
  • The increasing cogency of Islamism
  • The historical exemplar : la Convivencia
Control code
000400452
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xiii, 137 pages
Isbn
9783319155470
Isbn Type
(softcover : acid-free paper)
Lccn
2015932238
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 000400452
  • (OCoLC)900306442

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