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Book SynopsisThe course of the French Wars of Religion, commonly portrayed as a series of civil wars, was profoundly shaped by foreign actors. Many German Protestants in particular felt compelled to intervene. In Germany and the French Wars of Religion, 1560-1572 Jonas van Tol examines how Protestant German audiences understood the conflict in France and why they deemed intervention necessary. He demonstrates that conflicting stories about the violence in France fused with local religious debates and news from across Europe leading to a surprising range of interpretations of the nature of the French Wars of Religion. As a consequence, German Lutherans found themselves on opposing sides on the battlefields of France.Trade Review“This is a great book deserving to be read widely by all who work on the Wars of Religion, religious identities, and international relations.” David Scott Gehring, University of Nottingham. In: Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60, No.2 (2021), pp. 473–474. “[Van Tol’s] study illustrates how crucial it is to understand the role of emotions in diplomacy, therefore opening a door to an innovative political history of emotions.” Stefanie Freyer, Universität Osnabrück. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 3 (Fall 2021), pp. 996–998.Table of ContentsList of figures Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction I. Connections The manifold ties linking France and the German Rhineland II. Interconfessional relations Lutheran-Reformed tensions on the eve of the French Wars of Religion III. Explanations Competing narratives about the nature of the French Wars of Religion IV. Solutions German proposals for restoring peace in France V. Conspiracy The escalation of European confessional conflict VI. Intervention The military campaigns of 1567-1569 Epilogue The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre Bibliography

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 10 (CMR 10), covering the Ottoman and Safavid Empires in the period 1600-1700, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the seventh century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and also the main body of detailed entries which treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. These entries provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 10, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Karoline Cook, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Emma Loghin, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Radu Păun, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Mehdi Sajid, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Davide Tacchini, Ann Thomson, Carsten WalbinerTable of ContentsForeword List of Illustrations List of Maps Abbreviations Introduction: The Ottoman and Safavid Empires in the 17th century  Claire Norton and Reza Pourjavady Christians in the Safavid Empire  Dariusz Kołodziejczyk Christian communities under the Ottomans in the 17th century  Eugenia Kermeli Ottoman influences on European music  A. Yunus Gencer Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1600-1700 The Ottoman Empire The Safavid Empire Index of Names Index of Titles

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 9 (CMR 9) covering Western and Southern Europe in the period 1600-1700 is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the seventh century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and also the main body of detailed entries which treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. These entries provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 9, along with the other volumes in this series is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Karoline Cook, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Emma Loghin, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Radu Păun, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Mehdi Sajid, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Davide Tacchini, Ann Thomson, Carsten Walbiner.

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Book SynopsisThe Religious Polemics of the Muslims of Late Medieval Christian Iberia examines the corpus of polemical literature against the Christians and the Jews of the protected Muslims (Mudejars). Commonly portrayed as communities in cultural and religious decay, Mònica Colominas convincingly proves that the discourses against the Christians and the Jews in Mudejar treatises provided authoritative frameworks of Islamic normativity which helped to legitimize the residence of their communities in the Christian territories. Colominas argues that, while the primary aim of the polemics was to refute the views of their religious opponents, Mudejar treatises were also a tool used to advance Islamic knowledge and to strengthen the government and social cohesion of their communities.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction  Mudejar Polemics  Scholarship on the Mudejars and Their Literature  Main Questions and Chapter Overview 1 The Connection between Religious Polemics and Notions of Identity and Religious Authority among the Mudejars  Introduction  1.1 The Sacred Law, or Sharīʿa  1.2 The Relationship of the Mudejars with Jews and Christians  1.3 The Mudejar Aljamas  Conclusions 2 Concepts and Methods for the Study of Religious Authority and Identity in the Religious Polemics of the Mudejars  Introduction  2.1 Recent Approaches to Religious Polemics  2.2 Towards a Definition of Mudejar Polemics  2.3 Theoretical Framework and Methods  Conclusions 3 Previous Research and Identification of the Mudejar Polemical Sources to be Discussed in the Present Study  3.1 Twentieth- and Twenty-First Century Scholarly Views on Mudejar Manuscripts of Religious Polemics  3.2 Mudejar Polemical Sources  3.3 The Sources of the Kitāb al-Mujādala  3.4 The Place of the Copying of the Kitāb al-Mujādala: The Geographical Location of Piṭrūla  Conclusions 4 Muslim Literature of Religious Polemics  Introduction  4.1 al-Andalus  4.2 Christian Iberia  4.3 The Maghreb  4.4 The Mashriq  Conclusions 5 Mudejar Polemics with the Jews  Introduction  5.1 The Taʾyīd  5.2 The Kitāb al-Mujādala  5.3 The “demandas” [Questions]  Conclusions 6 Mudejar Polemics with the Christians  Introduction  6.1 The Kitāb al-Mujādala  6.2 Religious Authority in the Kitāb al-Mujādala  6.3 An Ethical-Centred Model for Islam in the Kitāb al-Mujādala  6.4 Political Philosophy in the Kitāb al-Mujādala  Conclusions 7 Mudejar Polemics as a Discursive Tradition  Introduction  7.1 Mudejar Identity in Polemics  7.2 Religious Leadership  7.3 Notions of Minority Identity and Government among the Mudejars  Conclusions Conclusions Manuscript Description of the Kitāb al-Mujādala (MS AF 58)  Codicological Description  Bibliography  Source Overview Annex MS BNE 4944, ff. 1r–36r: Transcription and Rendering into Modern Spanish MS L 536, ff. 123v–125r: Transcription and Rendering into Modern Spanish References Index of Names and Places

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Book SynopsisSenses of Scripture, Treasures of Tradition offers recent findings on the reception, translation and use of the Bible in Arabic among Jews, Samaritans, Christians and Muslims from the early Islamic era to the present day. In this volume, edited by Miriam L. Hjälm, scholars from different fields have joined forces to illuminate various aspects of the Bible in Arabic: it depicts the characteristics of this abundant and diverse textual heritage, describes how the biblical message was made relevant for communities in the Near East and makes hitherto unpublished Arabic texts available. It also shows how various communities interacted in their choice of shared terminology and topics, and how Arabic Bible translations moved from one religious community to another. Contributors include: Amir Ashur, Mats Eskhult, Nathan Gibson, Dennis Halft, Miriam L. Hjälm, Cornelia Horn, Naḥem Ilan, Rana H. Issa, Geoffrey K. Martin, Roy Michael McCoy III, Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala, Meirav Nadler-Akirav, Sivan Nir, Meira Polliack, Arik Sadan, Ilana Sasson, David Sklare, Peter Tarras, Alexander Treiger, Frank Weigelt, Vevian Zaki, Marzena Zawanowska.Table of ContentsAbout the Authors Introduction Part 1: The Bible in Context From Theodore Abū Qurra to Abed Azrié: The Arabic Bible in Context  Alexander Treiger Apocrypha on Jesus’ Life in the Early Islamic Milieu: From Syriac into Arabic  Cornelia B. Horn The Spirit Before the Letter: Theodore Abū Qurra’s Use of Biblical Quotations in the Context of Early Christian Arabic Apologetics  Peter Tarras Ninth-Century Judeo-Arabic Texts of Biblical Questions and Answers  David Sklare An Anonymous Mozarab Translator at Work  Geoffrey K. Martin Religion in an Age of Reason: Reading Divine Attributes into the Medieval Karaite Bible Translations of Scriptural Texts  Marzena Zawanowska The Biographical Stories of the Prophets in the Writing of Yefet ben ʿEli  Meirav Nadler-Akirav Samaritan Bible Exegesis and its Significance for Judeo-Arabic Studies  Frank Weigelt What Hath Rome to do with Seville? Exploring the Latin-to-Arabic Translation of the Gospel of Matthew in Ibn Barrajān’s (d. 536/1141) Qurʾān Commentary  Roy Michael McCoy III Aspects of Abraham Maimuni’s Attitude towards Christians in His Commentary on Genesis 36  Naḥem Ilan Ismāʿīl Qazvīnī: A Twelfth/Eighteenth-Century Jewish Convert to Imāmī Šīʿism and His Critique of Ibn Ezra’s Commentary on the Four Kingdoms (Daniel 2:31–45)  Dennis Halft OP Al-Shidyāq-Lee Version (1857): An Example of a Non-Synchronous Nineteenth-Century Arabic Bible  Rana H. Issa Part 2: Translating Tradition A Mid-Ninth-Century Arabic Translation of Isaiah? Glimpses from al-Jāḥiẓ  Nathan P. Gibson Geographica neotestamentica: Adapting Place Names in Arabic in an Andalusi Version of the Gospel of Mark  Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala The Textual History of the Arabic Pauline Epistles: One Version, Three Recensions, Six Manuscripts  Vevian Zaki Translation Technique in the Epistle to the Hebrews as Edited by Edvard Stenij from Codex Tischendorf  Mats Eskhult Islamic Terminology, the Epithets and Names Used for God, and Proper Nouns in Yefet Ben ʿEli’s Translation of the Book of Job in Judeo-Arabic  Arik Sadan The Major Prophets in Arabic: The Authorship of Pethiōn Revisited in Light of New Findings  Miriam L. Hjälm Part 3: Hitherto Unpublished Texts Three Fragments of Saʿadya Gaon’s Arabic Translation of Isaiah Copied by the Court Scribe Joseph ben Samuel (c. 1181–1209)  Amir Ashur, Sivan Nir, Meira Polliack Yefet ben ʿEli’s Introduction to His Commentary on the Book of Proverbs  Ilana Sasson A Newly Discovered Karaite Arabic Translation of Genesis and Exodus (Undertext of the Palimpsest Sinai Gr. 930)  Alexander Treiger Index of Names Index of Manuscripts Index of Biblical and Qurʾān Verses

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Book SynopsisIn Common Words in Muslim-Christian Dialogue Vebjørn L. Horsfjord offers an analysis of texts from an international dialogue process between Christian and Muslim leaders. Through detailed engagement with the Muslim dialogue letter A Common Word between Us and You (2007) and a large number of Christian responses to it, the study analyses the dialogue process in the wake of the Muslim initiative and shows how the various texts gain meaning through their interaction. The author uses tools from critical discourse analysis and speech act analysis and claims that the Islamic dialogue initiative became more important as an invitation to Muslim-Christian dialogue than as theological reflection. He shows how Christian leaders systematically chose to steer the dialogue process towards practical questions about peaceful coexistence and away from theological issues.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Introduction: It Takes Two to Dialogue  1.1 Letters and Conference Statements  1.2 Jordanian Roots  1.3 The Common Word Process and Academia  1.4 Goal: To Understand What These Men are Doing 2 We Muslims and You Christians: A Common Word between us and You  2.1 A Complex Text: Structure and Main Argument  2.2 Textual Forerunners  2.3 A Common Word: A Second Open Letter  2.4 Using Sacred Texts  2.5 Publication, Promotion and Related Dialogue Initiatives  2.6 Muslims and Christians: Construction of Group Identities  2.7 What Does acw Do?  2.8 Conclusion: It Takes Two to Dialogue 3 The First Christian Responses  3.1 Response from David Ford  3.2 Senior Church Leaders Respond  3.3 An Alternative Reading: Michael Nazir-Ali  3.4 Conclusion 4 Roman Catholic Responses  4.1 Catholic-Muslim Dialogue since the Second Vatican Council  4.2 First Official Catholic Responses to acw 74  4.3 Five Substantial Commentaries from Four Scholars  4.4 Catholic-Muslim Dialogue in the Wake of acw 83  4.5 Conclusion 5 The Yale Response: Loving God and Neighbor Together  5.1 An Advertisement in the New York Times  5.2 Interacting with acw: Arguments, Speech Acts, Construals  5.3 Bodily Gestures, but Little Flesh  5.4 Conclusion 6 World Evangelical Alliance: We Too Want to Live in Love, Peace, Freedom and Justice  6.1 The Text and Its Main Arguments  6.2 What wwll Does  6.3 Different Difference  6.4 Interpreting Evangelicals: Beyond Polite Dialogue?  6.5 Conclusion 7 World Council of Churches: Learning to Explore Love Together  7.1 Four Decades of Christian-Muslim Dialogue  7.2 Learning to Explore Love Together: A Resource Document  7.3 Conclusion 8 Rowan Williams: A Common Word for the Common Good  8.1 Background and Context  8.2 The Text and Its Main Arguments  8.3 What the Text Does  8.4 Managing Differences Discursively  8.5 Conclusion 9 Orthodox Church Leaders: Responses from Five Contexts  9.1 Response from Archbishop Mor Eustathius Matta Roham, Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch  9.2 Response from Catholicos Aram i, Armenian Orthodox Church  9.3 Response from the See of Etchmiadzin (The Armenian Orthodox Church)  9.4 Response from Patriarch Alexy ii of Moscow and all Russia  9.5 Response from Archbishop Chrisostomos ii of Cyprus 10 We Muslims and Christians Together: Statements from Dialogue Conferences  10.1 Declaration from the Yale University Conference, July 2008  10.2 Communique from the Cambridge Conference, October 2008  10.3 Declaration from the Catholic–Muslim Forum, November 2008  10.4 Statement from the Geneva Consultation, November 2010  10.5 Conclusion: acw as Proposition and Invitation 11 Lessons  11.1 Making Sense of a Common Word  11.2 Cross-cutting Topics  11.3 Religion and the Religious  11.4 The Myth of Interreligious Dialogue  11.5 A Hermeneutics of Good Will  11.6 Managing Difference – In-groups and Out-groups Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Hope and Otherness, Jakob Wirén analyses the place and role of the religious Other in contemporary eschatology. In connection with this theme, he examines and compares different levels of inclusion and exclusion in Christian, Muslim, and Jewish eschatologies. He argues that a distinction should be made in approaches to this issue between soteriological openness and eschatological openness. By going beyond Christian theology and also looking to Muslim and Jewish sources and by combining the question of the religious Other with eschatology, Wirén explores ways of articulating Christian eschatology in light of religious otherness, and provides a new and vital slant to the threefold paradigm of exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism that has been prevalent in the theology of religions. “Jakob Wirén’s study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. (…) This is a challenging and important book.” - Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology, 2017 “This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology.” - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology, 2017Trade Review“Jakob Wirén’s study pushes forward the frontiers of three disciplines all at the same time: theology of religions; comparative religions and eschatology. He sophisticatedly explores how Christian, Jewish and Muslim eschatologies are open to the religious ‘Other’. He then returns to his own Christian theological tradition to incorporate what he has discovered to develop a more eschatologically open picture, while keeping Christologically rooted and liturgically relevant. This is a challenging and important book.” ̶- Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol, Professor of Catholic Theology. “This book explores of the status of religious others in Christian eschatology, and of eschatology itself as a privileged place for reflecting on religious otherness. Wiren mines not only Christian, but also Jewish and Muslim sources to develop an inclusive eschatology. Hope and Otherness thus represents an important contribution to both theology of religions and comparative theology.” - Catherine Cornille, Boston College, Professor of Comparative Theology.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction  1.1 The Task  1.2 The Context of This Study   Theologies of Religions: Introduction   The Threefold Paradigm   The Threefold Paradigm and This Study   Beyond the Threefold Paradigm? i: Particularism as a Fourth Option   Beyond the Threefold Paradigm? ii: Comparative Theology  1.3 Methodological Considerations   The Method of Correlation   A Revised Method of Correlation   A Revised Method of Correlation as Comparative Theology?   Introducing the Heuristic Tools  1.4 Material  1.5 Terminological Considerations   How Some of the Terms are Interrelated   The Concepts of Hope and Eschatology   The Concepts of Other and Otherness   Otherness and Theological Integrity  1.6 The Structure of This Study 2 Christian Eschatologies and the Religious Other  2.1 Introduction   Eschatological Positions vis-à-vis the Religious Other  2.2 The Foundation: Four Cornerstones   Truth and the Religious Other: Joseph Ratzinger   Hope and the Religious Other: Jürgen Moltmann   History and the Religious Other: Wolfhart Pannenberg   The Real and the Religious Other: John Hick  2.3 The Rise of the Notion of the Religious Other in Christian Eschatology   ‘Old Doctrines for New Jobs’: Gavin D’Costa   Respecting Other’s Religious Ends: S. Mark Heim  2.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools 3 A Wider Horizon: Hope and Otherness in Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies  3.1 Introduction  3.2 Hope and Otherness in Muslim Eschatologies   Introduction   A Taxonomy of Contemporary Muslim Thinkers   Introducing Muslim Theologies of Religions   Picturing Paradise: Mujtaba Musavi Lari   Eschatology and Ethical Criteria: Fazlur Rahman   The Vision of Islam: William C. Chittick   Revisiting the Heuristic Tools  3.3 Jewish Eschatologies   Introduction   Contemporary Jewish Theology   Introducing Jewish Theologies of Religions   Election: Michael Wyschogrod and the Chosen People   The Messiah: Steven Schwarzschild and a Theology of Waiting   The Resurrection of the Dead: Neil Gillman and the Hereafter   Revisiting the Heuristic Tools  3.4 Conclusion: Heuristic Tools 4 Towards a Christian Eschatology with Theological Integrity for the Religious Other  4.1 Introduction  4.2 Theological Space: Religious Otherness Reassessed   Introduction   Contributions from Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies   Linguistic Hospitality   Death and Otherness  4.3 Theological Interplay: Eschatological Otherness Reassessed   Introduction   Contributions of Muslim and Jewish Eschatologies   The Apophatic Nature of the Eschaton   A Tradition-Specific Determination of the Eschaton?  4.4 The Heavenly Banquet   The Feast as a Human Symbol   The Feast as a Religious Symbol   The Heavenly Banquet as a Christian Symbol  4.5 Conclusion References Index of Names Index of Subjects

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Book SynopsisHeirs of the Apostles offers a panoramic survey of Arabic-speaking Christians—descendants of the Christian communities established in the Middle East by the apostles—and their history, religion, and culture in the early Islamic and medieval periods. The subjects range from Arabic translations of the Bible, to the status of Christians in the Muslim-governed lands, Muslim-Christian polemic, and Christian-Muslim and Christian-Jewish relations. The volume is offered as a Festschrift to Sidney H. Griffith, the doyen of Christian Arabic Studies in North America, on his eightieth birthday. Contributors are: David Bertaina, Elie Dannaoui, Stephen Davis, Nathan P. Gibson, Cornelia Horn, Sandra Toenies Keating, Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala, Johannes Pahlitzsch, Andrew Platt, Thomas W. Ricks, Barbara Roggema, Harald Suermann, Mark N. Swanson, Shawqi Talia, Jack Tannous, David Thomas, Jennifer Tobkin, Alexander Treiger, Ronny Vollandt, Clare Wilde, and Jason Zaborowski.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Bibliography of Sidney H. Griffith’s Publications Part 1 Arabic Language, Bible, and Qurʾān An Arabic Christian Perspective on Monotheism in the Qurʾān: Elias of Nisibis’ Kitāb al-Majālis  David Bertaina From Multiplicity to Unification of the Arabic Biblical Text: a Reading of the Rūm Orthodox Projects for the Arabization and Printing of the Gospels during the Ottoman Period  Elie Dannaoui Early Christian Arabic Translation Strategies (Matthew 11:20–30 in Codex Vat. Ar. 13)  Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala Flawed Biblical Translations into Arabic and How to Correct Them: a Copt and a Jew Study Saadiah’s Tafsīr  Ronny Vollandt The Utility of Christian Arabic Texts for Qurʾānic Studies  Clare Wilde Part 2 Arabic Christian Responses to Islam and Muslim Interpretations of Christianity Apocalyptic Ecclesiology in Response to Early Islam  Cornelia B. Horn The Rationality of Christian Doctrine: Abū Rāʾiṭa al-Takrītī’s Philosophical Response to Islam  Sandra Toenies Keating The Doctrine of the Incarnation in Dialogue with Islam: Four Lines of Argumentation  Thomas W. Ricks Muslim Views of the Cross as a Symbol of the Christian Faith  Shawqi Talia The Doctrine of the Trinity in Early Islam: Misperceptions and Misrepresentations  David Thomas Part 3 Arabic Christianity in the Medieval Islamic World Byzantine Monasticism and the Holy Land: Palestine in Byzantine Hagiography of the 11th and 12th Centuries  Johannes Pahlitzsch Inquiring of “Beelzebub”: Timothy and al-Jāḥiẓ on Christians in the ʿAbbāsid Legal System  Andrew Platt and Nathan P. Gibson The Church and the Mosque in Wisdom’s Shade: on the Story of “Alexander and the Hermit Prince”  Mark Swanson Revisiting Cheikho’s Assessment of Abū Tammām’s Christian Origins  Jennifer Tobkin Paul of Antioch’s Responses to a Muslim Sheikh  Alexander Treiger Part 4 Manuscript Discoveries Evagrius Ponticus at the Monastery of the Syrians: Newly Documented Evidence for an Arabic Reception History  Stephen J. Davis Christian-Muslim-Jewish Relations in Patristic Literature: the Arabic Questions and Answers of Basil and Gregory  Barbara Roggema A Fragment of a Christian-Muslim Disputation “in the Style of Abū Rāʾiṭa and ʿĪsā ibn Zurʿa” (Gotha ar. 2882, fols. 16r–24v): a Reassessment  Harald Suermann A Greco-Arabic Palimpsest from the Sinai New Finds: Some Preliminary Observations  Jack Tannous An Arabic Manuscript of the Visions of Anba Shenouda: Edition and Translation  Jason R. Zaborowski Index

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 12 (CMR 12) covering the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, Africa and the Americas in the period 1700-1800 is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and also the main body of detailed entries which treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. These entries provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 12, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabe Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Karoline Cook, Sinéad Cussen, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Emma Gaze Loghin, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Radu Păun, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Mehdi Sajid, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Ann Thomson, Carsten WalbinerTrade Review'The much-praised patience of Job surely applies to the contributors to this superb work of erudition edited by two scholars of Christian-Muslim relations at the University of Birmingham, David Thomas and John Chesworth. Their twenty-four scholarly collaborators on several continents have managed to track down nearly every eighteenth-century mention of Christian-Muslim encounters in the Ottoman and Persian empires, South Asia, Southeast Asia, China and Japan, Africa, and the Americas. [...] If all the volumes in this bibliographical history of Christian-Muslim relations are as scholarly as volume 12, no serious university library should neglect buying them. Patrick J. Ryan, S.J., Fordham University, in Journal of Jesuit Studies 6 (2019) 371-373Table of ContentsForeword List of illustrations List of maps Abbreviations The Ottoman and Persian Empires Umar Ryad, Introduction: the Ottoman and Persian Empires in the 18th century Charbel Nassif, Ottoman and Arab influences on Melkite art in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Ines Aščerić-Todd, Religious diversity and tolerance in Ottoman guilds Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1700-1800 The Ottoman and Arab World  Buṭrus Ḍūmīṭ Makhlūf Joseph Moukarzel  Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Ghassānī Doaa Baumi   lim Muhammed ibn Hamza Emine Nurefşan Dinç  Isṭifān al-Duwayhī Joseph Moukarzel  Vahdetî Necmettin Kızılkaya  Derviş Ali Nakşibendî Betül Avcı  Theodor Krump Jaco Beyers  Suâl-i Osmânî ve cevâb-ı Nasrânî Marinos Sariyannis  Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd al-Bākirjī Mariam M. Shehata  ʿAbd Allāh Zākhir Ronney el Gemayel  ʿAbd al-Ghanī l-Nābulusī Lejla Demiri  Temeşvarlı Osman Ağa Emine Nurefşan Dinç  Jirmānūs Farḥāt Elena Sahin  Fī mabādī wa-uṣūl al-adyān al-mutafarriqa fī l-sharq al-khārija ʿan dīn al-Masīḥ Carsten Walbiner  İskender ibn Ahmed Feylesof et-Trabzonî Lejla Demiri and Serkan Ince  ʿAbbūd Ṣaydaḥ Souad Slim  İbrahim Müteferrika Lejla Demiri and Serkan Ince  Isṭifān Ward Joseph Moukarzel  Makirdīj al-Kassīḥ Carsten Walbiner  Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Munʿim ibn Yūsuf ibn Ṣiyām al-Damanhūrī Muhammad Fawzy Abdelhay  The martyrdom of Ibrāhīm al-Dallāl Carsten Walbiner  Buṭrus al-Lādhiqī Carsten Walbiner  Isṭifānūs Akīllī Joseph Moukarzel  Niqūlāwus al-Ṣāʾigh Hilary Kilpatrick  Ibn al-Amīr al-Ṣanʿānī Mohamed A. Moustafa  Būlus Yūyāqīm Carsten Walbiner  ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿUmarī l-Ṭarābulusī l-Ḥanafī Abdullah Omran  Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb R.A. Leo  Patriarch Yuʾannis XVIII Carsten Walbiner  Giritli Ali Aziz Efendi Irena Fliter  Ottoman slave manumission documents Joshua M. White  Islam and Muslims in the works of Christian Arab historians of the 18th and early 19th centuries Hayat el Eid Bualuan Persia  Mīrzā Ẓahīrā Tafrishī Mohammed Alsulami  Mīr Muḥammad Bāqir Khātūnābādī Rasūl Jaʿfariyān  Abgar ʿAlī Akbar Armanī Alberto Tiburcio  Hovhannēs Mrk‘uz J̌ułayec‘i Dennis Halft  ʿAlī Qulī Jadīd al-Islām, António de Jesus Alberto Tiburcio  Muḥammad Khalīl Qāʾinī Ebrahim Ashk Shirin  Sulṭān Ḥusayn, Shah of Persia Rudolph Matthee  Nādir Shah Ernest Tucker  Ismāʿīl Qazvīnī Dennis Halft  A chronicle of the Carmelites and the papal mission in Persia Rudolph Matthee  ʿAlī-Murād Khān Zand Alberto Tiburcio Armenia and Georgia  King Arch‘il Nana Kharebava  Iakob Shemok‘medili Khatuna Baindurashvili  Martyrology of Loys Grigor S. Peter Cowe  Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani Irina Natsvlishvili  Grigol Vakhvakhishvili-Dodorkeli Merab Ghaghanidze  King Vakht‘ang VI Nana Mrevlishvili  Step‘anos Kafayec‘i S. Peter Cowe  Besarion Orbelishvili Eka Chikvaidze  Łukas Sebastac‘i S. Peter Cowe  T‘eimuraz II Saba Metreveli  Abraham III, Kretats‘i George Bournoutian  Abraham Erewants‘i George Bournoutian  Vakhushti Bagrationi Ani Letodiani  Sēfērołli T‘okat‘c‘i S. Peter Cowe  Verse martyrologies of Xanum Vkayuhi S. Peter Cowe  Timote Gabashvili Nana Gonjilashvili  Simeon of Yerevan George Bournoutian  Catholicos Anton I Gocha Kuchukhidze  Hazar erku hariwr t‘vakan S. Peter Cowe  Samuēl Anets‘i and his continuators Seta B. Dadoyan  Davit‘ Guramishvili Ivane Amirkhanashvili  Besiki Lia Karichashvili  Sayatnova Zoia Tskhadaia South Asia, South East Asia, China and Japan Douglas Pratt, Introduction: South Asia, South East Asia and China. 18th-century contexts Karel Steenbrink, No (longer) fear, but control and care. Europeans and Muslims in South East Asia, 17th and 18th centuries Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1700-1800 South Asia  Daniel Havart Gijs Kruijtzer  Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Daniel Jeyaraj  Benjamin Schultze Heike Liebau  Shāh Walī Allāh Charles M. Ramsey  Muḥmammad ʿAlī Ḥazīn Lāhījī Reza Pourjavady  Alexander Dow Joslyn De Vinney  Iʿtiṣām al-Dīn Gulfishan Khan  Murtaḍā Ḥusain Bilgrāmī Gulfishan Khan  Charles Hamilton Alan Guenther  William Jones Hadi Baghaei-Abchooyeh South East Asia  François Valentijn Karel Steenbrink  José Torrubia Isaac Donoso  Juan de Arechederra y Tovar Isaac Donoso  Muḥammad ʿAẓīm al-Dīn I of Sulu Isaac Donoso  Muḥammad Muʿizz al-Dīn Pangiran Bantilan Isaac Donoso  Pedro Martínez de Arizala Isaac Donoso  Onno Zwier van Haren Gé Speelman  Nederlandsch-Indisch Plakaatboek Karel Steenbrink  ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-Palimbānī Peter G. Riddell  De Kerckenraeds van Gereformeerde Kerk te Batavia Yusak Soleiman  Corpus Diplomaticum Karel Steenbrink  Javanese court chronicles on the rising power of the Dutch, 17th and 18th centuries Karel Steenbrink China and Japan  Ma Zhu Wai Yip Ho  Liu Zhi James Frankel  Eusèbe Renaudot Stuart Vogel  The Yongzheng Emperor James Harry Morris  Arai Hakuseki James Harry Morris  Mémoires concernant les Chinois James Harry Morris Africa and the Americas Martha Frederiks, Introduction: 18th century Africa and the Americas R.A. Leo, North American perceptions of Islam in the 18th century (freed from European influences) Karoline Cook, Contesting belonging: Relationships between Muslims and Christians in colonial Latin America Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1700-1800 Africa  Hiob Ludolf Andreu Martínez  Michel Jajolet de la Courbe Philip Jan Havik  Jean Barbot Adam Jones  Jean-Baptiste Gaby Martha Frederiks  Charles-Jacques Poncet Andreu Martínez  Johann Heinrich Michaelis David D. Grafton  Bwana Mwengo bin Athman Clarissa Vierke  Francis Moore Martha Frederiks  Chronicler of Iyasu II Solomon Gebreyes Beyene  Nicholas Owen Martha Frederiks  Abbé Demanet Martha Frederiks  Joseph Alexandre Le Brasseur Martha Frederiks  ʾAlaqā Gabru Solomon Gebreyes Beyene  Georg Forster and Carl Peter Thunberg Jaco Beyers The Americas  Cotton Mather Sara Harwood  Jonathan Edwards R.A. Leo  Peter Markoe Fuad Shaban  New England Puritans and Islam R.A. Leo  Bryan Edwards Kambiz GhaneaBassiri and Shea McElroy  Legislation restricting Muslim presence in colonial Spanish America Karoline Cook Contributors Index of Names Index of Titles

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Book SynopsisAntisemitism, Islamophobia, and Interreligious Hermeneutics: Ways of Seeing the Religious Other, edited by Emma O’Donnell Polyakov, examines the hermeneutics of interreligious encounter in contexts of conflict. It investigates the implicit judgments of Judaism and Islam that often arise in response to these conflicts, and explores the implications of these interpretations for relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Addressing antisemitism and Islamophobia through the tools of interreligious hermeneutics, this volume brings together three distinct discourses: the study of ancient and new tropes of antisemitism as they appear in today’s world; research into contemporary expressions of fear or suspicion of Islam; and philosophical reflections on the hermeneutics of interreligious encounters.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Nicholas of Cusa and Early Modern Reform: Towards a Reassessment Simon J.G. Burton, Joshua Hollmann, and Eric M. Parker PART 1 Reformatio Generalis: Ecclesiastical Reform 1 A Difficult Pope: Eugenius iv and the Men around Him Thomas M. Izbicki and Luke Bancroft 2 The Reform of Space for Prayer: Ecclesia primitiva in Nicholas of Cusa and Leon Battista Alberti Il Kim 3 “Papista Insanissima”: Papacy and Reform in Nicholas of Cusa’s Reformatio Generalis (1459) and the Early Martin Luther (1517–19) Richard J. Serina, Jr. 4 Nicholas of Cusa and Paolo Sarpi: Copernicanism and Conciliarism in Early Modern Venice Alberto Clerici PART 2 Coincidentia Oppositorum: Theological Reform 5 Nicholas of Cusa and Martin Luther on Christ and the Coincidence of Opposites Joshua Hollmann 6 Ignorantia Non Docta: John Calvin and Nicholas of Cusa’s Neglected Trinitarian Legacy Gary W. Jenkins 7 Nicholas of Cusa and Pantheism in Early Modern Catholic Theology Matthew T. Gaetano PART 3 Explicatio Visionis: Reform of Perspective 8 The Notion of Faith in the Works of Nicholas Cusanus and Giordano Bruno Luisa Brotto 9 “The Sacred Circle of All- Being”: Cusanus, Lord Brooke, and Peter Sterry Eric M. Parker 10 Varieties of Spiritual Sense: Cusanus and John Smith Derek Michaud 11 Motion, Space, and Early Modern Re- formations of the Cosmos: Nicholas of Cusa’s Anima Mundi and Henry More’s Spirit of Nature Nathan R. Strunk Part 4 Mathesis Universalis: Reform of Method 12 Cusanus and Boethian Theology in the Early French Reform Richard J. Oosterhoff 13 Nicholas Cusanus and Guillaume Postel on Learning and Docta Ignorantia Roberta Giubilini 14 The Book Metaphor Triadized: The Layman’s Bible and God’s Books in Raymond of Sabunde, Nicholas of Cusa and Jan Amos Comenius Petr Pavlas 15 “Squaring the Circle”: Cusan Metaphysics and the Pansophic Vision of Jan Amos Comenius Simon J.G. Burton 16 Cusanus and Leibniz: Symbolic Explorations of Infinity as a Ladder to God Jan Makovský Epilogue: Ernst Cassirer and Renaissance Cultural Studies: The Figure of Nicholas of Cusa Michael Edward Moore

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Book SynopsisArabic and its Alternatives discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion and communal identities in the Middle East in the period following the First World War. This volume takes its starting point in the non-Arabic and non-Muslim communities, tracing their linguistic and literary practices as part of a number of interlinked processes, including that of religious modernization, of new types of communal identity politics and of socio-political engagement with the emerging nation states and their accompanying nationalisms. These twentieth-century developments are firmly rooted in literary and linguistic practices of the Ottoman period, but take new turns under influence of colonization and decolonization, showing the versatility and resilience as much as the vulnerability of these linguistic and religious minorities in the region. Contributors are Tijmen C. Baarda, Leyla Dakhli, Sasha R. Goldstein-Sabbah, Liora R. Halperin, Robert Isaf, Michiel Leezenberg, Merav Mack, Heleen Murre-van den Berg, Konstantinos Papastathis, Franck Salameh, Cyrus Schayegh, Emmanuel Szurek, Peter Wien.Table of ContentsPreface  Heleen Murre-van den Berg Note on Transcription Notes on Contributors 1 Arabic and its Alternatives: Language and Religion in the Ottoman Empire and its Successor States  Heleen Murre-van den Berg 2 Vernacularization as Governmentalization: the Development of Kurdish in Mandate Iraq  Michiel Leezenberg 3 “Yan, Of, Ef, Viç, İç, İs, Dis, Pulos …”: the Surname Reform, the “Non-Muslims,” and the Politics of Uncertainty in Post-genocidal Turkey  Emmanuel Szurek 4 “Young Phoenicians” and the Quest for a Lebanese Language: between Lebanonism, Phoenicianism, and Arabism  Franck Salameh 5 “Those Who Pronounce the Ḍād”: Language and Ethnicity in the Nationalist Poetry of Fuʾad al-Khatib (1880–1957)  Peter Wien 6 Arabic and the Syriac Christians in Iraq: Three Levels of Loyalty to the Arabist Project (1920–1950)  Tijmen C. Baarda 7 Awakening, or Watchfulness: Naum Faiq and Syriac Language Poetry at the Fall of the Ottoman Empire  Robert Isaf 8 Global Jewish Philanthropy and Linguistic Pragmatism in Baghdad  Sasha R. Goldstein-Sabbah 9 Past Perfect: Jewish Memories of Language and the Politics of Arabic in Mandate Palestine  Liora R. Halperin 10 United by Faith, Divided by Language: the Orthodox in Jerusalem  Merav Mack 11 Arabic vs. Greek: the Linguistic Aspect of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church Controversy in Late Ottoman Times and the British Mandate  Konstantinos Papastathis 12 Between Local Power and Global Politics: Playing with Languages in the Franciscan Printing Press of Jerusalem  Leyla Dakhli 13 Epilogue  Cyrus Schayegh Index

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Book SynopsisBreaching the Bronze Wall deals with the idea that the words of honorable Muslims constitutes proof and that written documents and the words of non-Muslims are of inferior value. Thus, foreign merchants in cities such as Istanbul, Damascus or Alexandria could barely prove any claim, as neither their contracts nor their words were of any value if countered by Muslims. Francisco Apellániz explores how both groups labored to overcome the ‘biases against non-Muslims’ in Mamlūk Egypt’s and Syria’s courts and markets (14th-15th c.) and how the Ottoman conquest (1517) imposed a new, orthodox view on the problem. The book slips into the Middle Eastern archive and the Ottoman Dīvān, and scrutinizes sharīʿa’s intricacies and their handling by consuls, dragomans, qaḍīs and other legal actors.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations 1 Introduction  1.1 Structure of the Book 2 Producing, Handling and Archiving Evidence in Mediterranean Societies  2.1 The 'Archival Divide'  2.2 Islamic Notions and Doctrines on Proof and Evidence  2.3 Notaries in the Cross-Confessional Middle Ages  2.4 The Case of the Outremer Notaries  2.5 New Attitudes towards the Written 3 ‘Men Like the Franks’: Dealing with Diversity in Medieval Norms and Courts  3.1 An Introduction to Siyāsa  3.2 The Crusader Marketplace  3.3 The actor sequitur forum rei Principle  3.4 Empowering One Consul over the Others  3.5 An Iberian Epilogue  3.6 Siyāsa Justice in Theory and Practice  3.7 Conflict Resolution in and out of the Courtroom  3.8 Merchants at the Islamic Courts: a Lender of Last Resort?  3.9 Mixed Cases at the Qadi Court  3.10 Mixed Cases before Siyāsa Courts  3.11 Siyāsa among the Franks 4 Ottoman Legal Attitudes towards Diversity  4.0 The ‘Witness System’: a Bronze Wall?  4.1 The Legal Grounds of the Ottoman Witness System  4.2 The Ban on Muslim Witnesses  4.3 Dhimmī Claims on Communal Exclusivity: the Carazari Clause  4.4 False Witnessing  4.5 Proving Enslavement  4.6 Legal Truth and the Governance of Frontier Zones  4.7 The Aleppo Ferman  4.8 A Death in Damascus 5 Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome investigates the lives and stories of the many groups and individuals in Rome, between 1500 and approximately 1750, who were not Roman (Latin) Catholic. It shows how early modern Catholic people and institutions in Rome were directly influenced by their interactions with other religious traditions. This collection reveals the significant impact of Protestants, Muslims, Jews, and Eastern Rite Christians; the influence of the many transient groups and individual travelers who passed through the city; the unique contributions of converts to Catholicism, who drew on the religion of their birth; and the importance of intermediaries, fluent in more than one culture and religion. Contributors include: Olivia Adankpo-Labadie, Robert John Clines, Matthew Coneys Wainwright, Serena Di Nepi, Irene Fosi, Mayu Fujikawa, Sam Kennerley, Emily Michelson, James Nelson Novoa, Cesare Santus, Piet van Boxel, and Justine A. Walden.Trade Review“Each of the essays of this volume is meticulously researched and provides new insights on the presence of religious minorities in papal Rome. As a whole, they build on previous scholarship, push research in new directions, and offer a nuanced picture of how different religious minorities encountered Rome and Catholicism. Furthermore, each essay concludes with a brief suggestion for new avenues of research. […] The editors and the contributors have given us an excellent starting place to uncover the voices of religious minorities living in the very heart of the Catholic world.” John M. Hunt, Utah Valley University. In: Journal of Jesuit Studies, Vol. 8, No. 4 (September 2021), pp. 678–681.Table of ContentsAbbreviations List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction  Emily Michelson and Matthew Coneys Wainwright 1 Papal Ceremonies for the Embassies of Non-Catholic Rulers   Mayu Fujikawa 2 Pope as Arbiter  The Place of Early Modern Rome in the Pan-Mediterranean Ecumenical Visions of Eastern Rite Christians   Robert John Clines 3 Non-Catholic Pilgrims and the Hospital of SS. Trinità dei Pellegrini e Convalescenti (1575–1650)   Matthew Coneys Wainwright 4 Between Conversion and Reconquest  The Venerable English College between the Late 16th and 17th Centuries   Irene Fosi 5 Ethiopian Christians in Rome, c.1400–c.1700   Sam Kennerley 6 A Faith between Two Worlds  Expressing Ethiopian Devotion and Crossing Cultural Boundaries at Santo Stefano dei Mori in Early Modern Rome   Olivia Adankpo-Labadie 7 Being a New Christian in Early Modern Rome   James Nelson Novoa 8 Wandering Lives  Eastern Christian Pilgrims, Alms-Collectors and “Refugees” in Early Modern Rome   Cesare Santus 9 Saving Souls, Forgiving Bodies  A New Source and a Working Hypothesis on Slavery, Conversion and Religious Minorities in Early Modern Rome (16th–19th Centuries)   Serena Di Nepi 10 Muslim Slaves in Early Modern Rome  The Development and Visibility of a Labouring Class   Justine A. Walden 11 Jews in 16th-Century Italy and the Vicissitudes of the Hebrew Book   Piet van Boxel 12 Resist, Refute, Redirect  Roman Jews Attend Conversionary Sermons   Emily Michelson Bibliography Index of Names

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Book SynopsisInterreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics discusses how interreligious dialogue takes place within, and is influenced by, important sociological categories and theories, such as modernity, secularization, deprivatization, social movements, and pluralism. Starting from the study of interreligious coexistence, sacred spaces, and multi-religious rituals, the book explores the patterns of interreligious governance and politics and forms of interreligious social action in European, North American, and West and South Asian contexts. The contributors to this volume apply broader theories of organizational change and planning, communication, urban neighborhood and community studies, functionalist perspectives, and symbolic interactionism, thus presenting a wide range of possibilities for sociological engagement with studies on interreligious dialogue.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Table and Illustrations Contributors Introduction: Interreligious Dialogue: From Religion to Geopolitics  Giuseppe Giordan and Andrew P. Lynch Part 1: Interreligious Coexistence, Sacred Spaces and Multi-Religious Rituals 1 European Identities, Heritage, and the Iconic Power of Multi-Religious Buildings: Cordoba’s Mosque Cathedral and Berlin’s House of One  Mar Griera, Marian Burchardt and Avi Astor 2 Struggling to Establish Jewish-Muslim Dialogue in a Paris Synagogue after the 2015 Attacks  Samuel Sami Everett 3 The Lingsar Festival on Lombok, Indonesia: Cooperation and Contestation at a Shared Sacred Site  Volker Gottowik 4 Beyond Interreligious Dialogue: Oral-Based Interreligious Engagements in Indonesia  Izak Y.M. Lattu 5 Geopolitics and Interreligious Dialogue: A Phenomenological Turn in Transnational Churches  Tanner Morrison Part 2: Interreligious Governance and Politics 6 Enacting Diversity: Boundary Work and Performative Dynamics in Interreligious Activities  Alexander-Kenneth Nagel 7 Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding: A Case Study on Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Post-conflict Educational System  Giuseppe Giordan, Adriana Michilli and Siniša Zrinščak 8 Municipal Interreligious Dialogue in Bordeaux: Between the “Politics of Diversity” and a Catholicentric Laïcité  Gwendoline Malogne-Fer 9 Minorities and Interreligious Dialogue: From Silent Witnesses to Agents of Change  Emanuela C. Del Re 10 Interreligious and Interfaith Dialogue in Post-Soviet Russia: Debates about Secularism and Post-secularism  Marianna Napolitano Part 3: Interreligious Action and Social Context 11 Commitment without Borders: Jewish-Muslim Relations and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Habitus in Berlin  Elisabeth Becker 12 Conversion Dialogue and Resilient Pluralism  Oleg Dik 13 More than Tea and Samosas: Dialogue for Action in Leicester  Tom Wilson 14 Through One Another’s Lenses: Photovoice and Interfaith Dialogue  Roman R. Williams, William L. Sachs, Catherine Holtmann, Elena G. van Stee, Kaitlyn Eekhoff, Michael Bos and Ammar Amonette 15 Interreligious Education in a Post-secular World: The Relevance of the Radhakrishnan Commission’s Recommendations in the Indian Context  Arpita Mitra 16 The Cube of Love Experience at School: Fostering Peaceful Societies Through a Pedagogy of Dialogue  Marianna Pavan and Alberto García Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the “long fifteenth century” in Iberian history, between the 1391 pogroms and the forced conversions of Aragonese Muslims in 1526, a period characterized by persecutions, conversions and social violence, on the one hand, and cultural exchange, on the other. It was a historical moment of unstable religious ideas and identities, before the rigid turn taken by Spanish Catholicism by the middle of the sixteenth century; a period in which the physical and symbolic borders separating the three religions were transformed and redefined but still remained extraordinarily porous. The collection argues that the aggressive tone of many polemical texts has until now blinded historiography to the interconnected nature of social and cultural intimacy, above all in dialogue and cultural transfer in later medieval Iberia. Contributors are Ana Echevarría, Gad Freudenthal, Mercedes García-Arenal, Maria Laura Giordano, Yonatan Glazer-Eytan, Eleazar Gutwirth, Felipe Pereda, Rosa M. Rodríguez Porto, Katarzyna K. Starczewska, John Tolan, Gerard Wiegers, and Yosi Yisraeli.Table of ContentsIntroduction Interreligious Encounters in Polemics between Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Iberia and Beyond  Mercedes García-Arenal and Gerard Wiegers 1 Ne De Fide Presumant Disputare: Legal Regulations of Interreligious Debate and Disputation in the Middle Ages  John Tolan 2 The Brighter Side of Medieval Christian-Jewish Polemical Encounters: Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Midi (Twelfth–Fourteenth Centuries)  Gad Freudenthal 3 Better Muslim or Jew? The Controversy Around Conversion across Minorities in Fifteenth-Century Castile  Ana Echevarría 4 The Spirit of the Letter: The Hebrew Inscription in Bermejo’s Piedat Revisited  Yonatan Glazer-Eytan 5 Forgotten Witnesses: The Illustrations of Ms Escorial, I.I.3 and the Dispute over the Biblias Romanceadas  Rosa M. Rodríguez Porto 6 From Christian Polemic to a Jewish-Converso Dialogue Jewish Skepticism and Rabbinic-Christian Traditions in the Scrutinium Scripturarum  Yosi Yisraeli 7 The Rabbi and the Mancebo: Arévalo and the Location of Affinities in the Fifteenth Century  Eleazar Gutwirth 8 The Virus in the Language: Alonso De Cartagena’s Deconstruction of the “Limpieza De Sangre” in Defensorium Unitatis Christianae (1450)  Maria Laura Giordano 9 Apologetic Glosses—Venues for Encounters: Annotations on Abraham in the Latin Translations of the Qurʾān  Katarzyna K. Starczewska 10 Vox Populi: Carnal Blood, Spiritual Milk, and the Debate Surrounding the Immaculate Conception, ca. 1600  Felipe Pereda Index

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Book SynopsisThe queenship of the first European Renaissance queen regnant never ceases to fascinate. Was she a saint or a bigoted zealot? A pious wife or the one wearing the pants? Was she ultimately responsible for genocide? A case has been made to canonize her. Does she deserve to be called Saint Isabel? As different groups from fascists to feminists continue to fight over Isabel as cultural capital, we ask which (if any) of these recyclings are legitimate or appropriate. Or has this figure taken on a life of her own? Contributors to this volume: Roger Boase, David A. Boruchoff, John Edwards, Emily Francomano, Edward Friedman, Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths, Michelle Hamilton, Elizabeth Teresa Howe, Hilaire Kallendorf, William D. Phillips, Jr., Nuria Silleras-Fernandez, Caroline Travalia, and Jessica Weiss.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction: Inventing Isabel   Hilaire Kallendorf 2 Isabel, Her Chroniclers, and the Inquisition: Self-Fashioning and Historical Memory   David A. Boruchoff 3 The Learning of Ladies at the Isabelline Court   Elizabeth Teresa Howe 4 Isabel I of Castile and Saintly Propaganda: Interpreting the St. Anne Retable in the Capilla del Condestable   Cristina Guardiola-Griffiths 5 Art Patronized and Collected by Queen Isabel   Jessica Weiss 6 Ludic Dimensions of Courtly Love at the Court of Isabel la Católica   Roger Boase 7 Isabel of Castile and the Opening of the Atlantic   William D. Phillips, Jr. 8 Hostile Histories: Isabel and Fernando in Jewish and Muslim Narratives   Michelle M. Hamilton 9 Windows into Souls: Isabel, Religion, and the Spanish Inquisition   John Edwards 10 Isabel’s Years of Sorrow: Consoling the Catholic Queen   Nuria Silleras-Fernandez 11 Staging the Queen: Lope de Vega Reads Isabel la Católica   Edward H. Friedman 12 The Legend of Isabel la Católica, Founder of Spain   Caroline Travalia 13 Isabel la Católica for the 21st Century: Popular and Political Recreations   Emily C. Francomano Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History Volume 13 (CMR 13) covering Western Europe in the period 1700-1800 is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and also the main body of detailed entries which treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. These entries provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and appraisals of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous leading scholars, CMR 13, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Karoline Cook, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Emma Gaze Loghin, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Radu Păun, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Mehdi Sajid, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Ann Thomson, Carsten Walbiner.Table of ContentsForeword List of illustrations List of maps Abbreviations Clinton Bennett, Introduction: Western Europe and Islam in the long 18th century. Demonisation to dialogue Jan Loop, Islam and the European Enlightenment Avner Ben Zaken, Intellectual, scientific and technological relations between Christian and Muslim civilisations 1580-1822 Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1700-1800 North-west Europe British Isles Scandinavia Netherlands South-West Europe France Iberia Italy and Malta Contributors Index of Names Index of Titles

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Book SynopsisIn Jesus for Zanzibar: Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging, Islam, and Nation Hans Olsson offers an ethnographic account of the lived experience and socio-political significance of newly arriving Pentecostal Christians in the Muslim majority setting of Zanzibar. This work analyzes how a disputed political partnership between Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania intersects with the construction of religious identities. Undertaken at a time of political tensions, the case study of Zanzibar’s largest Pentecostal church, the City Christian Center, outlines religious belonging as relationally filtered in-between experiences of social insecurity, altered minority / majority positions, and spiritual powers. Hans Olsson shows that Pentecostal Christianity, as a signifier of (un)wanted social change, exemplifies contested processes of becoming in Zanzibar that capitalizes on, and creates meaning out of, religious difference and ambient political tensions.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations List of Figures Swahili Glossary 1 Introduction  1 Pentecostal Christianity in Africa  2 A Relational Approach  3 Fieldwork 2 The Scene  1 The Swahili Coast, Zanzibar, and Struggles for Belonging  2 Uamsho: Islamic Awakening  3 Christianity in Zanzibar 3 The Migrant  1 The Precarious Search for a Better Life  2 Becoming Saved  3 Salvation and the Good Life 4 The Church  1 The Pastor  2 Spiritual Kin  3 A Vital Participation? 5 The Public  1 The CCC Goes Public  2 Violence  3 The Quest to Make Public 6 The Union  1 Pentecostal Approaches to the Union  2 Christianity, Islam, and the Secular Union  3 The Union and Religious Difference 7 Narratives of Pentecostal (Non-)Belonging  1 Pentecostal Christianity as a Second Culture  2 Temporalities, Shifting Statuses, and the Impact of Mission  3 “Jesus for Zanzibar” Bibliography  Interview List: Members of the City Christian Center  Other Interviews  Sermons  Cited Material

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Book SynopsisScholars are seeking to identify how to constructively integrate faith into diplomacy. Proponents of faith-based diplomacy recognise that incorporating faith into peacemaking activities assists in managing identity-based conflict and religiously motivated violence in the contemporary international system. A promising strategy within the scope of faith-based diplomacy is interfaith dialogue. The study and practice of interfaith dialogue has been reinvigorated since the advent of 9/11, and yet the link between interfaith dialogue and diplomacy remains underdeveloped. The cases of Indonesia and the United States present lessons on how states can effectively use interfaith dialogue to achieve policy objectives, while recognising that some policies are detrimental to achieving diplomatic goals. This paper seeks to provide some framework for bringing interfaith dialogue into the scope of diplomacy by illuminating how faith-based diplomacy and interfaith dialogue can be innovative diplomatic perspectives useful in addressing contemporary global issues.Table of ContentsFaith-based Diplomacy and Interfaith Dialogue  Scott Blakemore  Abstract  Keywords  1 Introduction  2 Faith-based Diplomacy  3 Interfaith Dialogue  4 Interfaith Dialogue: the Indonesian Expereince  5 Interfaith Dialogue: the American Expereince  6 Conclusions  List of References

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Book SynopsisThe articles compiled in Ottoman War & Peace. Studies in Honor of Virginia H. Aksan, honor the prolific career of a foremost scholar of the Ottoman Empire, and engage in redefining the boundaries of Ottoman historiography. Blending micro and macro approaches, the volume covers topics from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries related to the Ottoman military and warfare, biography and intellectual history, and inter-imperial and cross-cultural relations. Through these themes, this volume seeks to bring out and examine the institutional and socio-political complexity of the Ottoman Empire and its peoples. Contributors are Eleazar Birnbaum, Maurits van den Boogert, Palmira Brummett, Frank Castiglione, Linda Darling, Caroline Finkel, Molly Greene, Jane Hathaway, Colin Heywood, Douglas Howard, Christine Isom-Verhaaren, Dina Rizk Khoury, Ethan L. Menchinger, Victor Ostapchuk, Leslie Peirce, James A. Reilly, Will Smiley, Mark Stein, Kahraman Şakul, Veysel Şimşek, Feryal Tansuğ, Baki Tezcan, Fatih Yeşil, Aysel Yıldız.Table of Contents Acknowledgments  List of Illustrations  Notes on Contributors  Publications by Virginia H. Aksan  Introduction  Frank Castiglione, Ethan L. Menchinger and Veysel Şimşek Part 1: Ottoman Military and Society 1 Crime among the Janissaries in the Ottoman Golden Age  Linda T. Darling 2 The Trouble with Timārs: An Excursion into a Seventeenth-Century Documentary Landscape  Victor Ostapchuk 3 Ottoman Observers of Ottoman War in the 17th Century  Mark Stein 4 The Azadlu Gunpowder Works: Catalyst for the Military Industry Complexes of Istanbul  Kahraman Şakul 5 Drill and Discipline as a Civilizing Process: The Genesis of the Modern Soldier in the Ottoman Empire, 1789–1826  Fatih Yeşil 6 Armatole Families in the 18th Century Balkans  Molly Greene 7 Under Fire and Lice: Experiences of an Ottoman Soldier in the First World War and the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1922)  Veysel Şimşek 8 Shayzar, an Ottoman Fortress-Settlement in Syria  James A. Reilly Part 2: Ideas, Political Thought, and the Circulation of Knowledge 9 A Cure for the Plague, and Other Prescriptions  Eleazar Birnbaum 10 A Phenomenology of Empire: Ayn Ali on the Ottoman Provinces  Douglas A. Howard 11 Visualizing Ottoman Space: Choiseul-Gouffier and the Passage through Anatolia, 1776  Palmira Brummett 12 On the Identity of a Reformist Intellectual: the Koca Sekbanbaşı Debate Revisited  Ethan L. Menchinger and Aysel Yıldız Part 3: Biography 13 The Law School of Mehmed II in the Last Quarter of the Sixteenth Century: A Glass Ceiling of the less connected Ottoman Ulema  Baki Tezcan 14 Writing Biography with Limited Sources and Fewer Models: The Case of Hurrem Sultan  Leslie Peirce 15 Tracing the Life of Hüsam Bey: Career Paths in the Sixteenth-century Ottoman Navy  Christine Isom-Verhaaren 16 Eunuchs and the State in the Mamlūk Sultanate and the Ottoman Empire: A Comparison  Jane Hathaway 17 “The clever Engineer Koehler”: The Clandestine Activities of George Frederick Koehler (1758–1800) in the Ottoman lands, 1791–93  Caroline Finkel Part 4: Ottoman Identity and Inter-confessional Relations 18 An Ottoman “Exemption Letter (Mu‘āf-nāme)” Dated 1015/1606 for the Karaite Descendants of Fātima Hātūn, kira of Hafsa Sultan, the Mother of Süleymān the Magnificent: a Document from the National Museum of Lithuania  Colin Heywood 19 Ottoman Brokers in the 18th-Century Levant Trade  Maurits H. van den Boogert 20 The Battle of Ali Hoca Burnu: Framed Privateers, Questionable Loyalties, and a Sultanic Prize Court  Will Smiley 21 Revisiting the Escalation of Intercommunal Violence in İzmir (1797): “Anti-Greek,” or a More Complex Dynamic?  Feryal Tansuğ 22 Nationality and Sect in Ottoman and post-Ottoman Iraq  Dina Rizk Khoury Index

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Book SynopsisPatristic Literature in Arabic Translations explores the Arabic translations of the Greek and Syriac Church Fathers, focusing on those produced in the Palestinian monasteries and at Sinai in the 8th–10th centuries and in Antioch during Byzantine rule (969–1084). These Arabic translations preserve patristic texts lost in the original languages. They offer crucial information about the diffusion and influence of patristic heritage among Middle Eastern Christians from the 8th century to the present. A systematic examination of Arabic patristic translations sheds light on the development of Muslim and Jewish theological thought. Contributors are Aaron Michael Butts, Joe Glynias, Habib Ibrahim, Jonas Karlsson, Sergey Kim, Joshua Mugler, Tamara Pataridze, Alexandre Roberts, Barbara Roggema, Alexander Treiger.Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Alexander Treiger and Barbara Roggema 1 The Integral Arabic Translation of Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria’s Quaestiones ad Antiochum Ducem  Barbara Roggema 2 Patristique et hagiographie palestino-sinaïtique des monastères melkites (IXe-Xe siècles)  Tamara Pataridze 3 Diversity in the Christian Arabic Reception of Jacob of Serugh (d. 521)  Aaron Michael Butts 4 The Arabic Lives of John of Daylam  Jonas Karlsson 5 Some Notes on Antonios and His Arabic Translations of John of Damascus  Habib Ibrahim 6 Ibrāhīm ibn Yūḥannā and the Translation Projects of Byzantine Antioch  Joshua Mugler 7 A Re-translation of Basil’s Hexaemeral Homilies by ʿAbdallāh ibn al-Faḍl of Antioch  Alexandre Roberts 8 Homiletic Translation in Byzantine Antioch: The Arabic Translation of a Marian Homily of Patriarch Germanos I of Constantinople by Yānī ibn al-Duks, Deacon of Antioch  Joe Glynias 9 L’ homélie arabe In Nativitatem Domini (CPG 4290) attribuée à Sévérien de Gabala : Édition, traduction française  Sergey Kim 10 The Noetic Paradise (al-Firdaws al-ʿaqlī): Chapter XXIV  Alexander Treiger A Bibliographical Guide to Arabic Patristic Translations and Related Texts Index of Patristic Texts Index of Manuscripts Index of Names, Subjects, and Terms

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Book SynopsisThe religious landscape in Asia has long been diverse, with various forms of syncretic traditions and pragmatic practices continuously having been challenged by centrifugal forces of differentiation. This anthology explores representations and managements of religious diversity in Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and diaspora religions originating in these countries, seen through the lenses of history, identity, state, ritual and geography. In addition to presenting empirical cases, the chapters also address theoretical and methodological reflections using Asia as a laboratory for further comparative research of the relevance and use of 'religious diversity'. Religious Diversity in Asia was made possible by a framework grant from the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation allowing the grant holder (Jørn Borup) and two colleagues (Marianne Q. Fibiger and Lene Kühle) to host a workshop at Aarhus University and to co-arrange workshops in Delhi and Nagoya. We would like to thank professors Arshad Alam and Michiaki Okuyama for hosting these latter workshops at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Nanzan University, and we would like to thank Professor Chong-Suh Kim for the invitation for Jørn Borup to visit Seoul National University. We would also like to extend our gratitude to all the scholars who participated in the workshops and to all the authors we subsequently invited to contribute to our endeavor to create this academically relevant volume.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction  Jørn Borup and Marianne Q. Fibiger Part 1: Religious Diversities – Past and Present 1 Religious Diversity on the Korean Peninsula, Past and Present  Don Baker 2 Religious Diversity in Japan  Ugo Dessì 3 The Double-Layered Diversification of Religion in Post-Renovation Vietnam  Chung Van Hoang PART 2: Identities 4 Some ‘Side Effects’ of Religious Diversity: Exploring Religious Conversion in the Indian Secular State  Ayelet Harel-Shalev and Noa Levy 5 The Challenge of Diversity: Evangelical Missionaries and Ethno-Christianity in Reform Era Yunnan  Gideon Elazar 6 From Syncretism to Split: Ethnographic Insights from a Socio-Religious Movement in India  Santosh K. Singh Part 3: Education 7 Religious Diversity with Chinese Characteristics? Meanings and Implications of the Term ‘Religious Diversity’ in Contemporary Chinese Dissertations  Yu Tao and Ed Griffith 8 How Religious Diversity Is Represented and Taught in Asian School Textbooks  Satoko Fujiwara Part 4: Ritual 9 Worshipping Durga(s) Dasara, Durga Puja and the Dynamics of Goddess Worship in a Former Princely State in Odisha, India  Uwe Skoda 10 Religious Diversity and Interreligious Contestations in Sri Lanka: the Encounter between Buddhism and Islam in the Galebandara Cult in Kurunagala  Kalinga Tudor Silva Part 5: Diaspora 11 La Caridad, Oshún, and Kuan Yin in Afro-Chinese Religion in Cuba  Martin A. Tsang 12 Religious Diversity among Asians in Old Diasporas  Jorn Borup and Marianne Q. Fibiger Conclusion  Lene Kühle Index

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Book SynopsisThe Gospel According to Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) offers an annotated translation of Tabyīn al-kalām (Part 3), a commentary on the Gospel of St. Matthew (Chapters 1-5) by one of South Asia’s most innovative public thinkers. Broadly known for his modernist interpretation of Islam, Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898) appears here as a contemplative mystic who is determined to show the interrelated nature of the Bible and Qur’ān, and the affinity of Christian and Muslim scriptural exegesis. Uncommon in the history of Christian-Muslim relations, Sayyid Ahmad Khan presents what can only be described as a serious reading of the Gospel. The work includes an extensive introduction to the early Church in general, and the development of the Trinitarian doctrine in particular. Never before presented in English, the text sheds important new light upon the spiritual and intellectual journey of this leading modern interpreter.Trade Review[...] 'Es ist den Übersetzern und Herausgebern des vorliegenden Werkes – allesamt Kenner des Werkes und Wirkens Sayyid Ahmad Khan's – zu verdanken, dass nun erstmalig eine kritische Edition eines Teiles des auf Urdu geschriebenen Kommentars der ersten fünf Kapitel des Matthäusevangeliums in englischer Sprache vorliegt. [...] 'Die Übersetzer und Herausgeber haben durch ihre hervorragende Übersetzungsleistung eine gewichtige, hierzulande wenig wahrgenommene nicht-arabische Stimme vorgestellt. Das Werk ist sowohl für Theologen als auch für Religionswissenschaftler und Historiker eine große Bereicherung.' Prof. Dr. Jamal Malik, Universität Erfurt, in CIBEDO-Beiträge 2 /2021, pp. 92-94 [...] 'Christian W. Troll and his team deserve massive credit for bringing out this valuable work on interfaith understanding, which had been gathering dust since 1860.' Abdur Raheem Kidwai, Aligarh Muslim University, India, in The Muslim World Book Review, 41.2 (2021), pp. 60-63

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Book SynopsisThe editors of Experiments in Empathy: Critical Reflections on Interreligious Education have assembled a volume that spans multiple religious traditions and offers innovative methods for teaching and designing interreligious learning. This groundbreaking text includes established interreligious educators and emerging scholars who expand the vision of this field to include critical studies, decolonial approaches and exciting pedagogical developments. The book includes voices that are often left out of other comparative theology or interreligious education texts. Scholars from evangelical, Muslim, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, religiously hybrid and other background enrich the existing models for interreligious classrooms. The book is particularly relevant at a time when religion is so often harnessed for division and hatred. By examining the roots of racism, xenophobia, sexism and their interaction with religion that contribute to inequity the volume offers real world educational interventions. The content is in high demand as are the authors who contributed to the volume. Contributors are: Scott Alexander, Judith A. Berling, Monica A. Coleman, Reuven Firestone, Christine Hong, Jennifer Howe Peace, Munir Jiwa, Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Tony Ritchie, Rachel Mikva, John Thatanamil, Timur Yuskaev.Trade ReviewAn interfaith relation that is based on emphatic co-learning, drawing inspirations from various religious traditions in co-creating interfaith education in the service of shared humanity and spirituality. A remarkable collection of thoughts and experiences from academics, educators, practitioners and activists in interfaith dialog and relations. - Dr Mohammad Hannan Hassen, Vice Dean, MUIS Academy, Singapore This new volume provides the reader with a rich and nuanced portrait of the current landscape of interreligious education In the United States. The contributors model for us the power and promise of reflective practice in a rapidly-developing field. - Rabbi Or Rose, Director, The Miller Center for Interreligious Learning & Leadership Many experts believe that the global religious landscape will change significantly in the next forty years and in North America, demographic changes will continue to increase the religious diversity of its population, creating more religious identities and communities than ever before. The classrooms will become even more religiously diverse in the foreseeable future, and this trend will continue to pose challenges and offer opportunities for theological schools in North America. But there aren’t enough attention and resources to improve inter-religious literacy. The editors of this book did a great job assembling a diverse group of contributors reflecting on interreligious education and pedagogy in North America, and it is indeed a timely contribution that will advance the conversation, help faith leaders to become more literate on this issue, and introduce to the general public the need for interreligious learning for empathetic engagement in our world today. - Uriah Y. Kim, Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.

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Book SynopsisIn Untouchable Bodies, Resistance, and Liberation, Joshua Samuel constructs an embodied comparative theology of liberation by comparing divine possessions among Hindu and Christian Dalits in South India. Critiquing the problems inherent in prioritizing texts when studying religious traditions, Samuel calls for the need to engage in body and people centered interreligious learning. This comparative theological reading of ecstatic experiences of the divine in Dalit bodies in Hinduism and Christianity brings out the powerful liberative potential inherent in the bodies of the oppressed, enabling us to identify alternative modes of resistance and new avenues of liberation among those who are dehumanized and discriminated, and to find deeper and meaningful ways of speaking about God in the context of oppression.Trade Review"Samuel’s book is provocative, insightful, and generative. With its bridge-building methodology, it enriches Dalit theology and comparative theology, honors the subtly powerful resistance of India’s “outcastes,” and provides glimmers of hope for further liberation." Andrew Ronnevik, Ph.D. Student, Baylor University, in: Reading Religion, June 2021. "This comparative theological reading of ecstatic experiences of the divine in Dalit bodies in Hinduismand Christianity brings out the powerful liberative potential inherent in the bodies of the oppressed, enabling us to identify alternative modes of resistance and new avenues of liberation among those who are dehumanized and discriminated, and to find deeper and meaningful ways of speaking about God in the context of oppression." in: Salzburger Theologische Zeitschrift, Volume 24.2 (2020). "Samuel's work, in the end, is a most refreshing theological treatise. This book is a must-read." Sunder John Boopalan, Assistant Professor Biblical and Theological Studies, Canadian Mennonite Universrity, in: The Ecumenical Review, Volume 72.5 (2020). This book is an example of Comparative Theology at its best. Through a careful, particularized, and personal (he is himself a Dalit) analysis and comparison, Samuel illustrates how the oppressed bodies of both Hindu and Christian “untouchable” Dalits of South India have become sacraments of liberation that, in their diversity, reflect and enhance each other. For both students and scholars -- illuminating and inspiring. – Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Emeritus Professor of World Religions and Theology, Union Theological Seminary, NY I love this book. It is refreshing and honest, a painstakingly argued inquiry into the possibility of a comparative Hindu and Christian theology centered on the Dalit experience of the untouchable, outcaste body. Based on extensive surveys of prior literature, as well as his own ethnographic work in Tamil Nadu, Samuel proposes that the embodied experience of divine possession is a “kairos moment,” a means of Dalit hope and liberation, not only for Christians but also for Hindus. The generosity of such theological inclusivity is explosive. As a scholar of Hindu goddesses I must take this seriously. – Rachel Fell McDermott, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures, Barnard College Untouchable Bodies, Resistance, Liberation is a weighty and absorbing book that carefully observes and creatively interprets Spirit-possessed Dalit bodies as they re-signify power relations though rituals of defiance, catharsis, subversion, and empowerment. Dr. Samuel discerningly and imaginatively draws from an eclectic crowd of theorists to exegete the manner in which subjugated bodies express everyday emancipatory truths through divine possession in Christian and Hindu Dalit communities. The fruition of Dr. Samuel’s labor is a sensitively embedded and ingeniously construed comparative theology of liberation. – Sathianathan Clarke, Bishop Sundo Kim Chair of World Christianity, Wesley Theological Seminary "Samuel (...) contributes a fresh approach by using a more 'complex' multi-layered strategy to adress the problem of oppression using theology, anthropology and history." Adrianus Yosia, Indonesian Journal of Theology 10, no. 1 (July, 2021)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Part 1 Dalit Bodies and Divine Possessions Introduction: a Comparative Theology from a Dalit Perspective 1 Toward a Comparative Theology of Liberation  1 Comparative Theology   1.1 Interrogating Comparative Theology   1.2 Prioritization of Texts    1.2.1 Lingering Western/Christian Supremacy    1.2.2 Disregarding Agency of Faith Communities    1.2.3 Perpetuation of Hierarchies  2 Dalit Theology   2.1 New Directions in Dalit Theology    2.1.1 Binarism    2.1.2 Identitarianism    2.1.3 Christian-Centrism  3 A Comparative Theology of Liberation from a Dalit Perspective    3.1.1 People Centered Theology    3.1.2 Non-Othering Theology    3.1.3 Comparative Liberation Theology 2 Dalit Body—the Untouchable Sacrament  1 The Dalit Body   1.1 Bodies That ‘Don’t’ Matter   1.2 Disciplining the Bodies  2 Theological Significance of the Dalit Body   2.1 Body in Christianity   2.2 Sacramentality of the Dalit Body  3 Choosing a Category for Comparison   3.1 Divine Possessions as Vague Comparative Category Part 2 Divine Possessions among Hindu and Christian Dalits 3 Dalits and Hinduism  1 Dalit Religion and Hinduism   1.1 The Modern Birth of Hinduism   1.2 The Unity of Traditions within Hinduism   1.3 Distinct Features of Dalit Religion  2 Hindu Dalit Goddesses   2.1 Goddess(es) of Hinduism   2.2 Paraiyar Goddesses  3 Dalit Goddesses and Liberation   3.1 The Ambivalence of the Goddess(es) and Its Impact on Liberation Theology 4 Divine Possessions among Hindu Dalits  1 Divine Possessions: an Overview   1.1 Divine Possessions   1.2 Types of Possessions    1.2.1 Enduring Possessions    1.2.2 Temporary Possessions  2 Divine Possessions: a Closer View   2.1 Preparing for the Possessions   2.2 Experience of Being Possessed  3 Divine Possessions: Inferences and Interpretations   3.1 Not ‘Possession’ but Grace   3.2 Interweaving of Traditions   3.3 Background of the Possessed Devotees   3.4 Sexual Ambiguity   3.5 Body and Collective Memories   3.6 Liberative Elements in Possessions 5 Dalit Christianity and Theology  1 Dalit Christianity   1.1 The Beginnings    1.1.1 Rajanaiken of Tanjore (1700–1771)    1.1.2 Maharasan Vedamanickam of Travancore (1772–1827)   1.2 Mass Movements   1.3 Dalit Christianity Today  2 Dalit ‘God-Talk’   2.1 The ‘Broken’ God   2.2 Problematizing Dalit God-Talk   2.3 New Trends in Dalit Theology: Re-Turning to the Body 6 Divine Possessions among Christian Dalits  1 Holy Spirit Possessions   1.1 Praise as Preparation   1.2 Receiving the Spirit   1.3 Interpreting Holy Spirit Possessions   1.4 After Holy Spirit Anointing, It Is Bible Time  2 Embodied Divine Mediation through Avi Kattu  3 Divine Embodiment through Sacraments  4 Christian Divine Possessions: Prospects and Possibilities   4.1 Centering the Body   4.2 Dalit Religious Elements   4.3 Divine-Human Agency   4.4 Possibilities of Resistance and Liberation   4.5 Reimagining Evil Part 1 Possessions as Kairos: an Embodied Constructive Theology 7 Divine Possessions as Dalit Resistance  1 Paraiyar Dalit Religion  2 Comparing Hindu and Christian Possessions   2.1 Setting   2.2 Experiences of the Devotees   2.3 Role of the Divine  3 Possession as Liberation   3.1 Bodies That Want to Be Mattered   3.2 Looking beyond Protests   3.3 Hidden Transcripts and Infra Politics   3.4 Divine Possession as Dalit Resistance: Reimagining Liberation   3.5 Possessions as Alternative Resistance 8 Envisioning an Embodied Comparative Theology of Liberation  1 Possessions as Kairos   1.1 Kairos   1.2 Paul Tillich’s Conceptualization of Kairos   1.3 Possessions as Kairoi in/of the Margins   1.4 Re-Visioning Kairos Using Divine Possessions  2 Toward an Embodied Theology of Kairos   2.1 Christ and Kairoi   2.2 Spirit Christology   2.3 Spirit Christology and Religious Diversity   2.4 The Untouchable God in Untouchable Bodies: a Constructive Theological Imagination    2.4.1 Possessions as Untouchable Divine Immanence    2.4.2 Possessions as Transgressive Creativity    2.4.3 Possessions as Empowering Be(Com)ing 9 Epilogue: Marginalized Bodies and Comparative Theology  1 Re-Visioning Comparative Theology from and at the Margins   1.1 Beyond Texts to Bodies   1.2 Beyond Borders to Living at the Boundaries  2 Some Confessions and Justifications  3 Looking Ahead Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The European Encounter with Hinduism Jan Peter Schouten offers an account of European travellers coming into contact with the Hindu religion in India. From the thirteenth century on, both traders and missionaries visited India and encountered the exotic world of Hindus and Hinduism. Their travel reports reveal how Europeans gradually increased their knowledge of Hinduism and how they evaluated this foreign religion. Later on, although officials of the colonial administration also studied the languages and culture of India, it was – contrary to what is usually assumed – particularly the many missionaries who made the greatest contribution to the mapping of Hinduism.Trade ReviewThe European Encounter with Hinduism in India is a masterful reflection on Western visitors to India from Marco Polo on, and then too on the colonial era missionary encounters with Hindu texts, practices, and believers. Sensitive to political as well as religious issues, Schouten introduces a wide range of materials very ably, and at every point offers insights into the views and strategies of missionary scholars and educated colonial officials. Readers are prompted to take a new and long view on how the West discovered India, and inevitably to reassess our current political, cultural and religious reactions to the great traditions of Hindu India. - Francis X. Clooney, SJ, Professor of Comparative Theology, Harvard University. In the history of European contact with India, Roberto de Nobili takes pride of place. This Jesuit was a towering figure; he learned Sanskrit, studied the Veda’s, and wore Brahmin dress (described in rich detail in this book). By doing so, he tried to reach the highest caste in India and started telling the story of the ‘fifth Veda’, the gospel. He created a dilemma for the Christian churches by accepting the caste system (that still exists until today, even though it is perhaps less influential than several centuries ago). The Christian churches in India struggled to integrate Indian culture into their Christian liturgy. They rightly argued that in the guise of Christian mission, colonialism dictated Western habits and should therefore not be seen as universally binding. The Protestant missionaries in India, were convinced of the idolatrous nature of Hinduism. But even they were forced to acknowledge Indian culture as a valid incentive for the Churches in India. As an expert in Hinduism and Christian theology, Jan Peter Schouten is the perfect author to write about the confrontation between Europe and India. - Marcel Poorthuis, Professor of Interreligious Dialogue, Tilburg University.Table of Contents Acknowledgements IX  List of Illustrations XI  Introduction  1A Functioning Temple  2A Long History of Encounter  3The Prehistory of Dialogue  4Terminological Relativisation  1The First Visitors: Marco Polo and the Franciscan Friars  1Beyond Byzantium  2The Mongol Advance  3Marco Polo  4People with Dog’s Heads  5A Strange Culture  6A Separate Caste  7The Friars Speak  8Odoric  9Another Civilisation in View  2Knowledge is Power: Nicolò de’ Conti and Jan Huygen van Linschoten  1Traders Make their Way to India  2A Penitent Apostate  3A Corporate Spy in Action  4A Humanistic Work  5Feasts  6Shocking Religious Phenomena  7A Dutchman in a Portuguese City  8Caste Hierarchy  9Religious Customs and Religious Faith  10Monotheism  11An Unknown World  3A Foreign Culture Baptised: The Jesuits Roberto de Nobili and Thomas Stephens  1Travels to Asia  2Jesuits in Mission  3A Promising Young Man  4In the Capital  5A Christian Sannyāsī  6De Nobili’s Appeal for Brahmins  7Opposition from the Church  8Local Customs  9Conversion and Accomodatio  10Affinity with Hinduism?  11Caste as a Stumbling Block  12De Nobili as an Example?  13Thomas Stephens in Goa  14The Purāṇa  4Dutch Ministers in the VOC: Rogerius and Baldaeus  1The Oldest Manual  2Pastor and Missionary  3Rogerius’ Career in the East  4Study on Hinduism  5Sources  6An Honest Report  7The Structure of the Book  8An Appealing Book  9Baldaeus and Mythology  10Sources  11Refutation  12Other Ministers  5A Pietistic Preacher in Danish Territory: Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg  1A Danish Undertaking  2Pietistic Germans  3Preaching in Tamil  4Sources of Language and Religion  5The “Malabar Correspondence”  6On the Path to Salvation?  7Systematic Work  6A Disappointed Missionary: Abbé Dubois  1Reading for the Curious  2A Costly Manuscript  3Missionaries in Turbulent Times  4A Hindu among the Hindus  5Mission Impossible?  6A Manual  7Inclusion of the Lower Castes  8Contamination  9Reincarnation  7British Government Officials: John Muir and Nascent Indology  1The East Indian Company  2An Influential Translation  3A Learned Society  4The Serampore Trio  5‘Little Britain’ in a Foreign Society  6The Christian Faith Disseminated  7Writing in Sanskrit  8Divine Properties  9Hindus Respond to the Challenge  10Other Research into Hinduism  8The Image of the East in the West: Nineteenth- century British India in Fiction and Travel Reports  1Romantic Orientalism  2The First Detective Novel  3Emily Eden: A Lady Travelling in a Strange Land  4Mary Carpenter: A Visitor in Search of Renewal  5D.C. Steyn Parvé: Fear of Rebellion in the Colonies  6Willam Urwick: A Reflective Tour  7A Princely Picture of India: Prince Bojidar  9Missionaries from Switzerland: The Basel Mission in South India  1A Minister Honoured  2On the Road in a Mission Field  3A New Beginning  4Church in India—An Indian Church?  5Mapping a Language  6Examining the Liṅgāyats  7In Search of a Point of Contact  8An Exceptional French Swiss  9Back in Europe  10To America  11The Brahmanical Culture  12Pantheism and the Vedas  10Reflections  1A Fascinating Country  2Wondrous Phenomena  3A Major Stumbling Block  4Minor Stumbling Blocks  5Languages  6A Broad Interest  7Another Religious Structure and Culture  8Idols and Monotheism  9Plurality and Colourfulness  10Nascent Dialogue  Bibliography  Glossary  Index of Names

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Book SynopsisRacontant l’histoire d’une communauté d’éboueurs installée sur les flancs du Muqattam au Caire, ce livre raconte comment cet espace urbain marginal est devenu le cœur vibrant d’une nouvelle tendance charismatique au sein de l’Eglise copte. Telling the history of a community of garbage collectors living on the slopes of the Muqattam mountain in Cairo, the book recounts how this marginal urban space became the vibrant heart of a new charismatic trend within the Coptic church.Table of ContentsRemerciements Table des illustrations Transcriptions et termes arabes et techniques Introduction  1 Variations autour d’un territoire  2 Une ethnohistoire des épreuves sociales  3 Une hétérotopie au Caire  4 Sources et méthode  5 Le déroulé du livre 1 Brève histoire des zabbālīn  1 Situation dans la ville du Caire  2 Origines des zabbālīn  3 Économie du métier de zabbāl et organisation sociale de la communauté  4 Évolutions de la communauté des chiffonniers  5 Conclusion 2 Entre développement et clientélisme compassionnel  1 Le service social chez les coptes  2 Sœur Emmanuelle pour l’amour des chiffonniers  3 La vie associative au Muqaṭṭam, entre développement international et charité communautaire  4 Conflits de territorialisation et zones d’influence  5 Conclusion Intermède: Introduction du personnage principal de cette histoire, le père Samʿān  1 Une vocation précoce  2 Appelé au Muqaṭṭam  3 A la conquête des âmes 3 Les pouvoirs au quartier : le prêtre, le courtier et le député  1 Une autorité au croisement de plusieurs grammaires sociales  2 Les hommes de religion et la politique  3 Solidarités « traditionnelles »  4 Abūnā Samʿān en politique  5 Le bouleversement révolutionnaire  6 Conclusion 4 L’ancrage dans la tradition, le miracle du Muqaṭṭam et sa réinvention  1 Le récit du miracle  2 Histoire d’une légende copte à travers les siècles  3 La réinvention de la tradition  4 Polémiques contemporaines autour du miracle  5 Conclusion 5 La territorialisation cléricale ou la fondation d’une paroisse  1 La constitution d’une paroisse, entre institutionnalisation et charisme  2 Apprendre à être copte : ethnographie des écoles du dimanche  3 La création d’une paroisse  4 Les khuddām  5 Des prêtres engagés dans une vie de repentance  6 Un lieu pour les coptes  7 Conclusion : la paroisse comme dispositif de pouvoir 6 Le Muqaṭṭam comme dispositif charismatique  1 Un dispositif charismatique  2 Essai de généalogie de la mouvance charismatique  3 Un dispositif de conversion  4 Prophéties égyptiennes et christianisme transnational  5 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliographie Index

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, Volume 15, Thematic Essays (600-1600) is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. The chapters within it illustrate the range, complexity, and dynamics of interaction between the two faiths during the first thousand years of encounter. All chapters primarily draw upon entries found in volumes 1-7 of Christian-Muslim Relations. They explore tropes of perception, image and judgement that each religious community held in respect to the other through these centuries, and discuss issues and topics that occupied Christians and Muslims in their interaction. The first millennium sets the scene for the modern era and our understandings of contemporary relations and issues. Contributors are Mark Beaumont, Clinton Bennett, David Bertaina, Ulisse Ceceni, David Bryan Cook, Martha Frederiks, Ayşe İçöz, Sandra Keating, James Harry Morris, Nicholas Morton, Gordon Nickel, Juan Pedro Monferrer Sala, Tom Papademetriou, Gabriel Said Reynolds, Christian Sahner, Mark N. Swanson, Mourad Takawi, Luke Yarbrough.Trade Review[...] 'a thorough thematization and contextualisation of the selected entries is required, which has been done in an exemplary manner in the 15th volume. Certainly, this volume cannot do the complete contextualisation once and for all, but concentrates on certain topics [...]. This means that these contributions are exemplary for further work. The volume is also accompanied by a very practical index, which makes it easier to relate the entries in the previously published volumes 1 to 7 to the contributions in this volume.' [...] the volume makes the complex history of Muslim-Christian relations easy for today’s academics. At the same time, however, it motivates further study of the material, as it offers a contemporary take on the themes and relationships from a millennium of Christian-Muslim relations.' Serkan Ince, Tübingen, in Salzburger Theologische Zeitschrift, (2021) 25.1, pp. 102-106

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Book SynopsisAntonia Bosanquet’s Minding Their Place is the first full-length study of Ibn al-Qayyim’s (d. 751/1350) collection of rulings relating to non-Muslim subjects, Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma. It offers a detailed study of the structure, content and authorial method of the work, arguing that it represents the author’s personal composition rather than a synthesis of medieval rulings, as it has often been understood. On this basis, Antonia Bosanquet analyses how Ibn al-Qayyim’s presentation of rulings in Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma uses space to convey his view of religious hierarchy. She considers his answer to the question of whether non-Muslims have a place in the Abode of Islam, how this is defined and how his definition contributes to Ibn al-Qayyim’s broader theological world-view.Trade Review[...] Ihren ‚Platz‘ hat Bosanquets Studie somit gefunden: als eine wegweisende Arbeit im Bereich der wissenschaftlichen Erschließung der Beziehungen zwischen Islam und Nichtmuslimen in der Vormoderne. [...] Bosanquet's study has found its 'place' as a groundbreaking work in the academic field of relations between Islam and non-Muslims in the pre-modern period. Stephan Kokew, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, in Der Islam, vol. 99, no. 1, 2022, pp. 242-246, https://doi.org/10.1515/islam-2022-0010Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figure and Tables Introduction  1 Questions Raised in this Study  2 Terms and Concepts  3 Space and Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma  4 Text as Space?  5 Significance of this Study  6 Method and Chapter Outline part 1: Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma: Text and Content 1 Author, Text and Reception  1 Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya  2 The Text of Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma  3 Reception  4 Manuscripts and Editions 2 Historical Background  1 Muslims and non-Muslims in the Mamluk Empire  2 The ʿUlamāʾ in the Mamluk Period 3 Literary Precedents  1 The Pact of ʿUmar and the Contract Genre  2 The Fiqh Compendia  3 Juristic Literature Focusing on the Ahl al-Dhimma  4 Manuals of Governance and Statecraft  5 Ādāb al-Muḥtasib  6 Mamluk Prescriptive Literature  7 Similarities and Differences Between the Literary Precedents for Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma  8 Conclusions: Locating Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma 4 Structure and Method  1 Structure and Subject Division Within Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma  2 Sources and Method  3 Sources for Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimma  4 Source Incorporation and Authorial Agency  5 The Dialectical Method  6 Digression: its Uses and Functions  7 Qur’anic Verses and Hadith  8 Conclusion to Part One part 2: Space in Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma 5 Separate Space  1 Mosques, Churches and Dhimmi Homes  2 Geographical Boundaries and Muslim Space  3 Ṣulḥ Land, ʿAnwa Land and Dhimmi Space  4 Tax  5 Employment in State Administration  6 Festivals  7 Dhimmi Marriage  8 The Dhimmi Wife and the Female Body  9 Death, Burial and the Afterlife  10 Conclusion: Separate Space and Private Space in Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma 6 The Relational Space of Personal Interaction  1 Greeting  2 Visiting the Sick and Attending Funerals  3 Commercial Exchange and Business Partnerships  4 Conversion to Islam and Marriage Relations  5 The Female Convert’s Relations with her Non-Muslim Family  6 The Male Convert’s Relations with his Non-Muslim Family  7 Mixed Marriages and Shared Households  8 Conclusion: The Characterisation of the Dhimmi 7 The Relational Space of Public Performance  1 Structural Incorporation of the Pact of ʿUmar in Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimma  2 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Sources for the Pact of ʿUmar  3 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Presentation of the Pact of ʿUmar  4 Stage Props: Movable Religious Symbols  5 Stage Backdrop: Non-Movable Religious Symbols  6 Scripting Dhimmi Performance: Regulating Appearance and Comportment  7 Conclusion 8 The Contested Space of Non-Muslim Children  1 Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimma and the Question of Dhimmi Children  2 Sources and Framing  3 Children in This Abode: Legal Responsibility and Religious Education  4 Legitimising the Non-Muslim Status of the Child  5 Legitimising the Conversion of the Non-Muslim Child  6 Sunni Positions on the Fate of Non-Muslim Children After Death  7 Ibn al-Qayyim’s Review of the Positions  8 Conclusion Conclusion: Space, Religious Difference and Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma  1 Space in Aḥkām ahl al-dhimma  2 Muslims and non-Muslims in Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimma  3 The Place of Dhimmis in the Abode of Islam  4 Identity, Alterity and Power  5 Aḥkām Ahl al-Dhimma, Regulatory Discourse about Dhimmis and Ibn al-Qayyim Bibliography Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of the Palestine War does not only concern military history. It also involves social, humanitarian and religious history, as in the case of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jerusalem. A Liminal Church offers a complex narrative of the Latin patriarchal diocese, commonly portrayed as monolithically aligned with anti-Zionist and anti-Muslim positions during the “long” year of 1948. Making use of largely unpublished archives in the Middle East, Europe and the United States, including the recently released Pius XII papers, Maria Chiara Rioli depicts a church engaged in multiple and sometimes contradictory pastoral initiatives, amid harsh battles, relief missions for Palestinian refugees, theological reflections on Jewish converts to Catholicism, political relations with the Israeli and Jordanian authorities, and liturgical responses to a fluid and uncertain scenario. The pieces of this history include the Jerusalem grand mufti’s appeal to Pius XII to support the Arab cause, the Catholic liturgies for peace and international mobilization during the Palestine War and Suez crisis, refugees petitioning the patriarch for aid, and Jewish converts establishing Christian kibbutzim. New archival collections and records reveal hidden aspects of the lives of women, children and other silenced actors, faith communities and religious institutions during and after 1948, connecting narratives that have been marginalized by a dominant historiography more focused on military campaigns or confessional conflicts. A Liminal Church weaves diocesan history with global history. In the momentous decade from 1946 to 1956, the study of the transnational Jerusalem Latin diocese, as split between Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Cyprus, with ties to diaspora and religious international networks and comprising clergy from all over the world, attests to the possibilities of contrapuntal narratives, reintroducing complexity to a deeply and painfully polarized debate, exposing false assumptions and situating changes and ruptures in a long-term perspective.Table of ContentsList of Figures and Map Abbreviations Note on Transliteration Introduction: From Jerusalem to the Archives Prologue: Nostalgia for an Invented Past and Concern for the Future: the Latin Diocese of Jerusalem from Its Reestablishment to the Second World War (1847–1945) 1 Palestine and Transjordan in Transition (1945–47) 2 Into the Breach 3 A “Wounded” Diocese: the Patriarchate of Refugees 4 After 1948: the Difficult Mediation 5 The Association of Saint James and the Foundation of a Hebrew-Christian Church in Israel 6 Between Rome and Jerusalem 7 Cults and Politics in the Shadow of Holy Places 8 1956: a Hinge Year Epilogue: Opening a New Phase: Toward the Second Vatican Council and the 1967 War Conclusion: From the Archives to Jerusalem Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn Interpreting the Qurʾān with the Bible, R. Michael McCoy III brings together two lesser known yet accomplished commentators on the Qurʾān and the Bible: the muʿtabir Abū al-Ḥakam ʿAbd al-Salām b. al-Išbīlī (d. 536/1141), referred to as Ibn Barraǧān, and qāriʾ al-qurrāʾ Ibrāhīm b. ʿUmar b. Ḥasan al-Biqāʿī (d. 885/1480). In this comparative study, comprised of manuscript analysis and theological exegesis, a robust hermeneutic emerges that shows how Ibn Barraǧān’s method of naẓm al-qurʾān and al-Biqāʿī’s theory of ʿilm munāsabāt al-qurʾān motivates their reading and interpretation of the Arabic Bible. The similarities in their quranic hermeneutics and approach to the biblical text are astounding as each author crossed established boundaries and pushed the acceptable limits of handling the Bible in their day.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction  1 Methodology  2 Reading Someone Else’s Kitāb  3 Ibn Barraǧān: Life and Career  4 Al-Biqāʿī: Life and Career 2 An Historical Survey of the Bible in Muslim Tradition  1 Taḥrīf al-maʿnā and Taḥrīf al-naṣṣ  2 Biblical Quotation in the Muslim Tradition  3 Conclusion 3 Identifying the Arabic Versions of the Bible Used by Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī: A Comparative Analysis  1 The Torah Manuscripts  2 The Gospel Manuscripts  3 The Diatessaron Manuscripts for Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī  4 A Verse-by-Verse Analysis of Arabic Bible Manuscripts and Biblical Quotations in the Tafsīrs of Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī 4 The Scriptural Hermeneutics of Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī  1 Al-Biqāʿī’s Defense of the Bible: The Aqwāl  2 Reception History of Sūrat Āl ʿImrān (Q3:7)  3 Ibn Barraǧān’s and al-Biqāʿī’s Scriptural Hermeneutics of the Qurʾān and Bible  4 Conclusion 5 Adam in the Gardens of Paradise: Tafsīr al-Qurʾān bi-l-Kitāb in Ibn Barraǧān’s and al-Biqāʿī’s Exegesis of Genesis 1–3  1 Adam’s Garden Interpreted  2 The Garden Narrative in Ibn Barraǧān’s Tafsīr  3 The Garden Narrative in al-Biqāʿī’s Tafsīr  4 Conclusion 6 The Parable of Muḥammad’s Vineyard: Tafsīr al-Qurʾān bi-l-Kitāb in Ibn Barraǧān’s and al-Biqāʿī’s Exegesis of Matthew 19–20  1 Ibn Qutaybah’s Matthean Quotations  2 Ibn Barraǧān’s and al-Biqāʿī’s use of the Inǧīl  3 The Parable of Muḥammad’s Vineyard in Ibn Barraǧān’s Tafsīr: Surahs al-Nisāʾ (Q4:85–7) and al-Ḥadīd (Q57:26–9)  4 The Parable of Muḥammad’s Vineyard in al-Biqāʿī’s Tafsīr: Sūrat al-Aʿrāf (Q7:157)  5 Conclusion 7 Conclusion  1 Contexts for Biblical Engagement  2 The Interpretive Tradition  3 Arabic Versions of the Bible  4 Scriptural Hermeneutics  5 Case Studies  6 Avenues for Future Research Appendix I Table of the Arabic Bible Quotations (Genesis 3:1–7 & Matthew 19:30–20:9) from the Tafsīr of Ibn Barraǧān and the Tafsīr of al-Biqāʿī Appendix II Table of the Arabic Bible Quotations (Genesis 3:1–7 & Matthew 19:30–20:9) from the Manuscripts Chosen for Comparison with Ibn Barraǧān and al-Biqāʿī Bibliography Index of Names and Subjects Index of Bible References Index of Qurʾān References

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Book SynopsisThe Introduction and the chapter Toleration and Religious Polemics are available in Open Access. Searching for Compromise? is a collection of articles researching the issues of toleration, interreligious peace and models of living together in a religiously diverse Central and Eastern Europe during the Early Modern period. By studying theologians, legal cases, literature, individuals, and congregations this volume brings forth unique local dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe. Scholars and researchers will find these issues explored from the perspectives of diverse groups of Christians such as Catholics, Hussies, Bohemian Brethren, Old Believers, Eastern Orthodox, Lutherans, Calvinists, Moravians and Unitarians. The volume is a much-needed addition to the scholarly books written on these issues from the Western European perspective. Contributors are Kazimierz Bem, Wolfgang Breul, Jan Červenka, Sławomir Kościelak, Melchior Jakubowski, Bryan D. Kozik, Uladzimir Padalinski, Maciej Ptaszyński, Luise Schorn-Schütte, Alexander Schunka, Paul Shore, Stephan Steiner, Bogumił Szady, and Christopher Voigt-Goy.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Notes on Editors List of Contributors Introduction: Searching for Compromise  Maciej Ptaszyński PART 1: Terms of Coexistence between Law and Tradition 1 “Private,” “Public,” and “Domestic” Exercise of Religion—Origins of an Instrument of Early Modern Religious Peacemaking  Christopher Voigt-Goy 2 “He May Be Evangelical, Yet a True Patron by Descent” The Right of Patronage in the Religious Changes in Red Ruthenia in the 16th and 17th Centuries  Bogumił Szady 3 Social Conditions of Religious Coexistence in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Three Cases of the Late Sixteenth Century  Uladzimir Padalinski 4 Worshipping Together or Just under One Roof? Reformed and Lutheran Church Agreements in Poland in the Early Seventeenth Century  Kazimierz Bem 5 How Many Dissenters Can a Roman Catholic Priest Serve? Examples from Bukovina, Suwałki Region, and Latgale at the Turn of the 18th Century  Melchior Jakubowski PART 2: Theology, Communication, Politics 6 Religious Toleration and Literary Dialogues in the Bohemian Reformation (1436–1517)  Jan Červenka 7 Dantiscus from Augsburg (1530) to Regensburg (1541): Authority, Toleration, and Orthodoxy in the Roman Church  Bryan D. Kozik 8 Jacob Schmidt Also Called Fabricius (1551–1629): The Unfulfilled Leader of the Second Reformation in Gdańsk  Sławomir Kościelak 9 Toleration and Religious Polemics: The Case of Jonas Schlichting (1592–1661) and the Radical Reformation in Poland  Maciej Ptaszyński Part 3: Radical Century or Age of Toleration? 10 Reformed Irenicism and Pan-Protestantism in Early Modern Europe  Alexander Schunka 11 A Transconfessional Religion of the Heart: The Moravian Church of Herrnhut  Wolfgang Breul 12 A Tale of Two Cities: Protestant Preachers and Private Tutors in Vienna Under the Rule of Emperor Charles VI  Stephan Steiner 13 The Longue Durée of Irenicism in the Thought of Adam František Kollár (1718–1783)  Paul Shore Afterword  Luise Schorn-Schütte Index

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 18 (CMR 18), covering the Ottoman Empire in the period 1800-1914, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and the main body of detailed entries. These treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. They provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous new and leading scholars, CMR 18, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a fundamental tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section editors: Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Arely Medina, Diego Melo Carrasco, Alain Messaoudi, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Radu Păun, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Cornelia Soldat, Karel Steenbrink, Charles Tieszen, Carsten Walbiner, Catherina Wenzel.Table of ContentsForeword   x List of Illustrations and Maps   xv Abbreviations   xvii Umar Ryad, Introduction: The Ottoman Empire in the 19th century   1 Heleen L. Murre-van den Berg, Syriac literature and Muslim-Christian relations under the Ottomans, 16th-19th centuries   27 Barbara Henning and Taisiya Leber, Print culture and Muslim-Christian relations   39 Florian Krobb, Framing Muslim fanaticism at the end of the 19th century. German accounts of the Mahdist uprising   63 Works on Christian-Muslim relations 1800-1914   81 Anatolia and South Eastern Europe   83 Molla Mustafa Bašeskija Kerima Filan   85 Işkodravî Necmettin Kızılkaya   91 Şaban Kâmi Efendi midî Ayşe İçöz   95 Pertev Edhem Paşa Emine Nurefşan Dinç   100 Hacı Abdi Petricî Lejla Demiri   105 Harputlu Ishak Efendi M. Sait Özervarlı   110 Mustafa Şevket Ayşe İçöz   115 Ibrāhīm Faṣīḥ al-Ḥaydarī Mehmet Karabela   118 Namık Kemal Michelangelo Guida   122 Ahmed Şükrizâde Ali Haydar Serkan Ince   127 İbnü’r-Reşâd Ali Ferruh Serkan Ince   131 Sırrı Paşa Giridī Ayşe İçöz   135 Ahmet Mithat Efendi Scott Rank   138 Sava Pasha Ferhat Koca   154 Lewis Wallace Amina Nawaz   163 Abdullah Edib Bayramzâde Lejla Demiri and Serkan Ince   176 Bosnian discussions concerning hijra Dženita Karić   179 Halil Halid Refik Bürüngüz   186 Tevfikîzâde İsmail Tevfik Matthew Sharp   195 Ahmed Kemal İlkul Serkan Ince   201 Mahmud Esad ibn Emin Seydişehrî Serkan Ince   204 Hasan Sabri Lejla Demiri and Serkan Ince   225 ʿAbd al-Aḥad Dāwūd Betül Avcı   229 Celal Nuri İleri Lejla Demiri and Serkan Ince   237 Mehmed Esad Serkan Ince   246 Sırât-ı Müstakîm Serkan Ince   250 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Jāwīsh Selva Yildirim   257 Turkish State Archives Serkan Ince   2667 Hohannes Kara Krikorian Elif Tokay   273 Greater Syria and environs   287 Būlus ibn Ilyās Sarjoun Karam   289 The ‘Incident of the martyrs’ in Aleppo (1818) Feras Krimsti   295 Fatḥallāh al-Ṣāyigh Johann Buessow and Lisa Wolfgarten-Kolmorgen   307 Maksīmūs Maẓlūm Ronney el Gemayel   321 Buṭrus Karāma and other poets of the Khāliyya controversy Hilary Kilpatrick   330 The 1850 Uprising in Aleppo Feras Krimsti   337 Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq Rana Issa   351 Nuʿmān al-Alūsī Mahmoud Nagah Khalaf   356 Rizqallāh Ḥassūn Souad Abouelrousse Slim   360 John Wortabet Carsten Walbiner   367 The massacre in Damascus, July 1860 Feras Krimsti   378 Kitāb yashtamil ʿalā ajwibat ahl al-kanīsa Carsten Walbiner   407 Nawfal Niʿmat Allāh Nawfal Caleb McCarthy   411 Rushayd al-Daḥdāḥ Carsten Walbiner   415 Jirjī Yannī Souad Abouelrousse Slim   421 Khrisṭūfūrus Jibāra Carsten Walbiner   428 Christian Arab prophecies on the doom of Islam, 16th-19th centuries Carsten Walbiner   448 Bāsīliyūs Khirbāwī Carsten Walbiner   456 Muḥammad Ṭāhir al-Tannīr Ahmed Ragab Abdelhay   467 Luwīs Shaykhū  Rafaël Herzstein   475 Egypt, Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula   483 Yūsāb, bishop of Jirja and Akhmīm Joseph Faragalla   485 Jawād ibn Ibrāhīm Sābāṭ Nile Green   489 Al-Shawkānī Awad Al-Nahee   495   495 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Shaykh Ḥamad ibn Nāṣir Ᾱl Muʿammar Umar Ryad and Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour   500 ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jabartī Ibrahim Gemeah   505 Rifāʿa Rāfiʿ al-Ṭahṭāwī Daniel L. Newman   512 Muḥammad ʻAyyād al-Ṭanṭāwī Mohammed Sayed   522 Muḥammad al-Ṭayyibī Mohamed A. Moustafa   528 Muḥammad ibn ʿIllīsh Muhammad al-Marakeby   535 Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī Ahab Bdaiwi   540 Muḥammad al-Mahdī Ömer Koçyiğit   548 ʿAlī l-Baḥrānī Umar Ryad   555 Muḥammad Zakī l-Dīn Sanad Elsayed Z. Abuamer   559 Buṭrus Dinyāsiyūs Joseph Faragalla   563 Aḥmad Shafīq Pasha Elmozfar Kotoz Ahmed   566 Comboni Fathers and Comboni Missionary Sisters Jaco Beyers   571 Hasan Hüsnü Toyrânî Lejla Demiri   580 Muḥammad Ḥasan Faraḥāt Umar Ryad   585 Muḥammad Ḥabīb Wael Hegazy   587 Al-Tamīmī l-Darī Simon A. Wood and Abla Hasan   590 Yūsif ʿAṭiyya Deanna Ferree Womack   597 Yaʿqūb Nakhla Hiroko Miyokawa   604 Aḥmad Zakī Pasha Elmozfar Kotoz Ahmed   613 Ḥanna Maqār Joseph Faragalla   618 Muḥammad Bakhīt al-Muṭīʿī Junaid Quadri   622 Ṣubḥī Qūnyāwī Ossama A.S. Abdelgawwad and Mohamed A. Moustafa   628 Nīqūlā Ghabriyāl Simon A. Wood and Abla Hasan   636 Mikhāʾīl ʿAbd al-Sayyid Michael Ghattas   645 Muḥammad ʿAbduh Ammeke Kateman   651 Faraḥ Anṭūn Marco Demichelis   664 Yūsuf ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Yūsuf al-Nabhānī Amal Ghazal   670 ʿAlī Aḥmad al-Jirjāwī Ines Soussou   675 Muṣṭafā l-Ghalāyīnī Ali Mohamed   680 Iskandar Effendi ʿAbd al-Masīḥ al-Bājūrī Umar Ryad   685 Nūr al-Dīn al-Sālimī Valerie J. Hoffman   692 Temple Gairdner Michael T. Shelley   702 ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥusaynī Carsten Walbiner   734 Arthur Thomas Upson Serkan Ince   745 Cairo Study Centre Michael T. Shelley   760 Yūsuf al-Dijwī Mahmoud Ali Gomaa Afifi   768 Muḥammad Tawfīq Ṣidqī Umar Ryad   783 Nile Mission Press Michael T. Shelley and John Chesworth   795 Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā Umar Ryad   801 Aḥmad ʿAlī l-Malījī l-Kutubī Mariam M. Shehata and Umar Ryad   825 Muḥammad ʿAlī Mohamed A. Moustafa   832 Maghreb   837 al-Ghazzāl Nabil Matar   839 Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Miknāsī Nabil Matar   844 Abū l-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī l-Tusūlī Mahammed Bouabdallah   853 Ferdinand Christian Ewald Carsten Walbiner   858 Emir Abdel Kader Tim Winter   867 Sulaymān al-Ḥarāʾirī Muhammad Almarakeby   875 Muḥammad al-Ḥashāyishī Elmozfar Kotoz Ahmed   880 Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf Aṭfiyyash Valerie J. Hoffman   884 Ismaÿl Urbain Roland Laffitte and Naïma Lefkir-Laffitte   901 Māʾ al-ʿAynayn Arjan Post   913 Jaʿfar ibn Idrīs al-Kattānī Mahammed Bouabdallah   919 Muḥammad Bayram V Abdullah Ibrahim Omran   925 Charles Lavigerie Diego Sarrió Cucarella   934 French officials in Algeria Kamel Chachoua, Alain Messaoudi and John Chesworth   959 Isabelle Eberhardt Renée Champion   978 Charles de Foucauld Barbara Bürkert-Engel   997 Contributors   1003 Index of Names   1015 Index of Titles   1031

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Book SynopsisIn Intimate Diversity Paul Smith explores theological implications of interreligious marriage. Taking a practical theology approach which begins with lived experience and works through a pastoral cycle involving interpretation, normative discussion and a pragmatic outcome, the book challenges the Church of England (or other denominations) fulfil three tasks: theological, pastoral and missional. Paul Smith accepts the reality of marriage that involves couples from different religious traditions and proposes ways of justifying such marriage based on normative Christian traditions. He takes a broadly missional approach, advocating the positive role that the Church of England can play in fostering good interreligious relations in society whilst offering sympathetic pastoral support of couples who marry across religious divides.Trade Review"Intimate Diversity is a rich book; its conversation with numerous theological interlocutors brings together many strands of current thinking about interreligious encounter and of the debates about the nature of marriage (recently, the latter has often taken place in the context of discussions about same-sex marriages). The intertwining of these strands leads to a complicated but rewarding theology for interreligious marriage in the second part of the book." - Gé Speelman, Protestant Theological University, The Netherlands, in: Exchange (2023). "A book like The Origins of Anglican Moral Theology has been needed for quite some time, and by writing it Sedgwick has given a great gift to scholars of Anglicanism, church history, and theological ethics." - Stewart Clem, Aquinas Institute of Theology, USA, in: Anglican Theological Review (2022).

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Book SynopsisIn A Comparative History of Catholic and Aš‘arī Theologies of Truth and Salvation Mohammed Gamal Abdelnour analytically and critically compares the historical development of the Catholic theologies of truth and salvation with those of its Islamic counterpart, Ašʿarism. The monograph moves the discussion from individual theologians to theological schools with a view to helping consolidate the young field of Comparative Theology. It serves two types of readers. First, the specialist who wants to dig deeper into the two traditions parallelly. Second, the generalist who may not have the time to become thoroughly familiar with every aspect of Christian-Muslim theologies. Both readers will come out with a holistic understanding of the development of Christian and Muslim theologies of truth and salvation; a holistic understanding that increases the appetite of the former and quenches that of the latter. Despite the holistic nature of the monograph, attention is duly paid to the specificities of each tradition in a deep and profound manner.Trade Review"Abdelnour’s volume is a very welcome contribution to this scholarly genre. As for overall purpose, he considers his work a ‘map for students of Christian-Muslim relations’, and it can play that role admirably. It will make a very useful centre-piece for such a course, providing adequate context and detail to introduce students with at least a general background in religious studies and theology to the book’s complex topic and investigative premises. Abdelnour’s generous bibliography will supply numerous possibilities for additional teaching material useful for both instructor and students." - John Renard, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (14 July 2021). "This book is a significant and original piece of research on an important subject. Mohammed Gamal excelled in studying Islamic Theology at al-Azhar University in Cairo, but then had the wider vision and motivation to compare the teachings of Islam with Christianity on one key theme, salvation, the ultimate hope of the faithful in both traditions, though differently expressed. His deep and intelligent historical study of Islamic and Christian sources gives the work a doubly authentic and balanced picture. This book offers a leading example for Muslims, Christians and other scholars of theology and interfaith studies to build on." - Muhammad Abdel Haleem, Professor of Islamic Studies, SOAS, University of London "This is a most substantial and original contribution to inter-faith conversation - an insightful comparative study of the central issue of how diverse schools of thought within Christianity and Islam understand "salvation", and how they think about the limits of the holy or chosen community. It builds on wide and deep familiarity with primary sources in both traditions, addressing both theological and sociological questions, and offers a particularly vivid and expert account of debates within the Islamic world. It will make a unique contribution to Christian-Muslim understanding and will do much to nurture a more sophisticated grasp of the rich internal variety of both religious discourses."- Rowan Williams, Honorary Professor of Contemporary Christian Thought, University of Cambridge "Gamal provides an instructive guide to Catholic and Aš‘arī theologies of truth and salvation. His intimate familiarity with both traditions, his sympathetic and intelligent observations throughout, and his tracing of their similarities and differences reveal fascinating structural similarities in the way that the greatest minds and theological schools in each tradition tackle the issues. Gamal, writing from within Islam, also tentatively indicates constructive and faithful steps forward. This is comparative theology at its best." - Gavin D'Costa, Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Bristol "Examining salvation in the Catholic and Ash’arite traditions, this monograph nuances the major shifts of interpretation that have taken place from their formative periods up to modern times. It dextrously addresses seminal questions as to whether and how someone from without a particular tradition might achieve salvation, simultaneously highlighting how theology responds to the historical contexts in which it is embedded. The author’s singular capacity to appraise authoritatively both the Catholic and Asharite traditions leads to powerful conclusions on issues that are vitally relevant today." - Dr Erica C.D. Hunter, Senior Lecturer Eastern Christianity and Associate Dean of Research, SOAS, University of LondonTable of ContentsTransliteration and Dating Acknowledgements Introduction  1 The Importance of the Subject  2 The State of the Field   2.1 Rifat Atay   2.2 Mohammad H. Khalil   2.3 Esra A. Dag  3 Critical Evaluation and Objectives of the Monograph  4 Methodology (from Theology of Religions to Comparative Theology)  5 Methodical Concerns   5.1 Important Qualifications and Limitations   5.2 Periodization and Structure   5.3 Overview of the Monograph 1 The Early Catholic Theology of Salvation  1 The Salvation Epistemology of the Early Church Fathers   1.1 St. Paul (d. c. 64/67)   1.2 The Inclusivist School    1.2.1 Justin Martyr (d. 165)    1.2.2 Irenaeus (d. c. 180/90)    1.2.3 Clement of Alexandria (d. c. 215)    1.2.4 Origen (d. c. 253)   1.3 The Exclusivist School    1.3.1 Ignatius (d. c. 117)    1.3.2 Tertullian (d. c. 240)    1.3.3 Cyprian (d. 258)   1.4 Augustine and the Consolidation of Exclusivism  2 Soteriology of the Early Church Fathers   2.1 The Apokatastasis   2.2 Christ’s Descent into Hell 2 Early Aš‘arite Theology of Salvation (Hadith-Based Theology)  1 Early Aš‘arite Epistemology of Intra-Muslim Salvation  2 Early Aš‘rite Intra-Muslim Soteriology  3 Early Aš‘arite Epistemology of Inter-Religious Salvation  4 Early Aš‘arite Inter-Religious Soteriology  5 Early Aš‘arites and the Question of Intercession  6 Conclusion and Comparison 3 St. Thomas Aquinas’ Theology of Salvation  1 Aquinas’ Epistemology of Salvation  2 Aquinas’ Soteriology  3 Thomistic Influence on Later Theologians 4 Abu Hamid al-Gazali’s Theology of Salvation (Sunnah-Based Theology)  1 Al-Gazali’s Theology of Intra-Muslim Salvation  2 Al-Gazali’s Theology of Inter-Religious Salvation   2.1 Al-Gazali and the Question of Intercession   2.2 Can Non-Muslims be Called Mu’minun “Believers”?   2.3 Good Deeds vs. Correct Faith  3 The Aš‘arite Theology of Salvation after al-Gazali  4 Conclusion and Comparison 5 Salvation in Modern Catholicism (Massignon, Rahner and Vatican II)  1 The Impact of Massignon’s Theology of Religions on Vatican II   1.1 Massignon the Person and Islam   1.2 Massignon the Scholar and Islam   1.3 Massignon and Vatican II  2 Karl Rahner and Anonymous Christians   2.1 Rahner’s Context and Theory   2.2 Is there an Islamic Parallel to Rahner’s Theory?    2.2.1 The Receptive Interpretation    2.2.2 The Proactive Interpretation    2.2.3 The Conflictive Interpretation    2.2.4 Critical Evaluation 6 Modern Aš‘arite Theology of Salvation (Al-Azhar and the Quran-Based Theology)  1 Muhammad ‘Abduh’s Theology of Salvation   1.1 ‘Abduh’s Theology of Intra-Muslim Salvation   1.2 ‘Abduh’s Theology of Inter-Religious Salvation    1.2.1 ‘Abduh and the Question of Intercession    1.2.2 Concluding Remarks  2 Sh. Mahmud Šaltut and the Question of Salvation   2.1 Šaltut’s Theology of Intra and Inter-religious Salvation  3 Sh. ‘Abd al-Halim Mahmud’s Theology of Salvation   3.1 Halim’s Theology of Muslim Denominations   3.2 Halim’s Theology of Religions   3.3 Comparisons and Conclusions Conclusions and Recommendations  The Way Forward Glossary of Key Terms Citation Method and Abbreviated Arabic Titles Bibliography  Arabic Sources  English Sources  Online Sources Index

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Book SynopsisIn this study, Vevian Zaki places the Arabic versions of the Pauline Epistles in their historical context, exploring when, where, and how they were produced, transmitted, understood, and adapted among Eastern Christian communities across the centuries. She also considers the transmission and use of these texts among Muslim polemicists, as well as European missionaries and scholars. Underpinning the study is a close investigation of the manuscripts and a critical examination of their variant readings. The work concludes with a case study: an edition and translation of the Epistle to the Philippians from manuscripts London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13; a comparison of the translation strategies employed in these two versions; and an investigation of the possible relations between them.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Abbreviations 1 Introduction  1 Definitions  2 The Frame of Reference  3 Sources, Scope, and Limitations  4 History of Research  5 Outline of the Present Work  6 Transcription and Translation Conventions part 1: The Classification of the Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic 2 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Greek Origin  1 ArabGr1  2 ArabGr2  3 ArabGr3  4 ArabGr4  5 Concluding Remarks on the Greek-Based Versions 3 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Syriac Origin  1 ArabSyr1  2 ArabSyr2  3 ArabSyr3  4 ArabSyr4  5 ArabSyr5  6 Concluding Remarks on Peshitta-Based Versions 4 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Coptic Origin  1 The Arabic Bible Translations in the Coptic Church  2 Dependence on ArabSyr3 in the Coptic-Based PEA  3 Features of the Coptic-Based PEA  4 Variant Readings in the Coptic-Based PEA  5 ArabCopt1  6 ArabCopt2  7 ArabCopt3  8 Concluding Remarks on the Coptic-Based Versions 5 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic of Latin Origin  1 ArabLat1 6 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic from Unidentified Origins  1 ArabU1 7 Manuscripts and Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic – Pulling Everything Together  1 Introduction  2 Manuscripts of the PEA  3 Development of Versions of the PEA through the Centuries  4 The Pauline Epistles as a Part of the Bible in Arabic part 2: The Transmission of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic outside Their Communities 8 The Muslim Reception of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic  1 Introduction  2 Versions of the PEA in Muslim Polemical Works  3 Concluding Remarks on the PEA in Polemical Works 9 The Pauline Epistles in Arabic in Europe (Sixteenth–Seventeenth Centuries)  1 The Acquisition of Manuscripts of the PEA by Europeans  2 European Scholarly Manuscripts of the PEA  3 The Printed PEA part 3: Translation Strategies in the Pauline Epistles in Arabic: A Case Study of Philippians in MSS London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13 10 The Manuscripts, the Arabic Edition, and the English Translation  1 Introduction  2 The Epistle to the Philippians  3 Description of the Manuscripts  4 Strategy of the Edition  5 The Edition 11 Translation Strategies  1 Introduction  2 Strategies for Translating the Arabic Bible  3 Strategies for Translating Philippians  4 Concluding Remarks and Open Questions on L8612 and V13 12 Conclusions Appendices Appendix A Inventory of Manuscripts Appendix B Variant Readings in the Versions of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic Appendix C East and Non-East Syriac Readings in ArabSyr1 and ArabSyr2 Appendix D Quotations of the Pauline Epistles in Arabic in Islamic Polemical Works Appendix E The Formal Arabic Text of the Epistle to the Philippians in MSS London, BL, Or. 8612 and Vatican, BAV, Ar. 13 Bibliography Index of Names and Subjects Index of Biblical and Qurʾanic References Index of Manuscripts

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Book SynopsisThis volume sheds light on the historical background and political circumstances that encouraged the dialogue between Eastern-European Christians and Arabic-speaking Christians of the Middle East in Ottoman times, as well as the means employed in pursuing this dialogue for several centuries. The ties that connected Eastern European Christianity with Arabic-speaking Christians in the 16th-19th centuries are the focus of this book. Contributors address the Arabic-speaking hierarchs’ and scholars’ connections with patriarchs and rulers of Constantinople, the Romanian Principalities, Kyiv, and the Tsardom of Moscow, the circulation of literature, models, iconography, and knowhow between the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and research dedicated to them by Eastern European scholars. Contributors are Stefano Di Pietrantonio, Ioana Feodorov, Serge Frantsouzoff, Bernard Heyberger, Elena Korovtchenko, Sofia Melikyan, Charbel Nassif, Constantin A. Panchenko, Yulia Petrova, Vera Tchentsova, Mihai Ţipău and Carsten Walbiner.

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Book SynopsisOn 9 July 1860 CE, an outbreak of violence in the inner-city Christian quarter of Damascus created shock waves locally and internationally. This book provides a step-by-step presentation of events and issues to assess the true role of all the players and shapers of events. It critically examines the internal and external politico-socio-economic factors involved and argues that economic interests rather than religious fanaticism were the main causes for the riot of 1860. Furthermore, it argues that the riot was not a sudden eruption but rather a planned and organised affair.Trade Review...[...] “It’s not often that a doctoral thesis can be so eminently readable and draw readers into the investigation as well as any whodunnit! Who was responsible and what were their motives? And why be interested in this subject today? …..We should be grateful to Dr Rana for such a convincing analysis of events in the 1860s which are still part of the collective memory of many Christians in Lebanon and Syria today.” [...] Rev Colin Chapman, The Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies, Oxford https://www.cmcsoxford.org.uk/resources/book-reviews/rana-abu-mounes-muslim-christian-relations-in-damascus-amid-the-1860-riot-brill-2022Table of ContentsList of Figures Introduction 1 Early Nineteenth-Century Damascus  1 Introduction  2 Geography  3 Religions, Ethnicities and Cultures  4 Politics  5 Military Forces  6 The City Quarters  7 Agriculture, Industry and Trade  8 Administration  9 Conclusion 2 The Impact of the Reform Schemes on Damascus  1 Introduction  2 The Pre-Tanzimat Period, 1832–1839  3 The Tanzimat Period, 1839–1876  4 Local Attitudes  5 Conclusion 3 The Impact of the Foreign Powers’ Intervention on Damascus during the Reform Period  1 Introduction  2 The Level of Intervention  3 The Impact on Local Society  4 Conclusion 4 The 1860 Riot in Damascus  1 Introduction  2 Prelude to the Riot  3 The Riot  4 The Circulation of Rumours  5 Local Perceptions of the Riot  6 Conclusion 5 The Ottoman Governor-General of Damascus, Ahmad Pasha, and the 1860 Riot  1 Introduction  2 The Role of Ahmad Pasha and the Regular Troops  3 Conclusion 6 The Notables of Damascus and the 1860 Riot  1 Introduction  2 The Role of the al-Aghawat and the Irregular Troops  3 The Role of the Notables  4 The Role of ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Jaza‌ʾiri  5 Conclusion 7 The Aftermath of the 1860 Riot in Damascus  1 Introduction  2 Foreign Responses  3 The Arrival of Fuʾad Pasha  4 Conclusion 8 The British–Ottoman Relations after the 1860 Riot in Damascus  1 Introduction  2 The British–Ottoman Relations after the Riot  3 The British Diplomats’ Perceptions of the Riot  4 Conclusion Conclusion Appendix 1: The Hatti Şerif of Gülhane Appendix 2: Sultan ʿAbdülmecid’s Hatti Hümayun Reaffirming the Privileges and Immunities of the Non-Muslim Communities Appendix 3: The Treaty of Peace (Paris) Terminating the Crimean War, with Pertinent Annexed Conventions Appendix 4: Convention on Measures for Pacifying Syria (and Lebanon): Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire Appendix 5: Letters Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History19 (CMR 19), covering Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean in the period 1800-1914, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and the main body of detailed entries. These treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. They provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous new and leading scholars, CMR 19, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a basic tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Ines Aščerić-Todd, Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Arely Medina, Diego Melo Carrasco, Alain Messaoudi, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Cornelia Soldat, Charles Tieszen, Carsten Walbiner, Catherina Wenzel

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 20 (CMR 20), covering Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the period 1800-1914, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and the main body of detailed entries. These treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. They provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous new and leading scholars, CMR 20, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a fundamental tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Ines Aščerić-Todd, Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Lejla Demiri, Martha Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Arely Medina, Diego Melo Carrasco, Alain Messaoudi, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Cornelia Soldat, Charles Tieszen, Carsten Walbiner, Catherina Wenzel.Table of ContentsContents Foreword List of Illustrations and Map Abbreviations Essays Reza Pourjavady and John Chesworth, Introduction: Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in the 19th century Reza Pourjavady, Russo-Iranian wars 1804-13 and 1826-8 Jonathan L. Lee, Christians of Afghanistan under the Mughals and Durrānī monarchy, 1700-1901 Matthew Shannon, Christian missionaries and the foundation of modern schools in Iran between the 1830s and 1910s Iran and Afghanistan Āqā Muḥammad ʿAlī Bihbahānī Reza Pourjavady Mīrzā Ibrāhīm Shīrāzī Reza Pourjavady Ḥājj ʿAlī Akbar Navvāb Shīrāzī Alberto Tiburcio Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn ibn Muḥammad Heidar Eyvazi Henry Martyn Scott Ayler and Reza Pourjavady Fatḥ-ʿAlī Shah Mehdi Mousavi Mullā ʿAlī-Akbar Izhihī Iṣfahānī Leila Chamankhah Mīrzā Muḥammad Akhbārī Majid Montazer Mahdi Mullā Aḥmad Narāqī Hamed Naji Esfahani Mullā ʿAlī Nūrī Dennis Halft Mir Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khātūnābādī Rasul Jafarian Mīrzā Abū l-Qāsim Qummī S. Yaser Mirdamadi Ḥusayn ʿAlī-Shāh Iṣfahānī Reza Tabandeh Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī Sara Faridzadeh Mīrzā ʿĪsā Qāʾim-Maqām Farahānī Ghazaleh Faridzadeh Mullā Muḥammad Riḍā Hamadānī Eliza Tasbihi Alexander Kazembeg Hadi Jorati Muḥammad Shah Qajar Mehdi Mousavi Muḥammad Karīm Khān Kirmānī Denis Hermann Mīrzā Najaf ʿAlī Khān Dānish Tabrīzī Fatima Tofighi Mīrzā Malkum Khān Urs Gösken Āqā Najafī Iṣfahānī Amin Ehteshami Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Marʿashī Shahrastānī Heidar Eyvazi ʿAbbās-Qulī Khān Sipihr Kāshānī Mohammad Ghafoori Muḥammad Taqī Kāshānī Hossein Kamaly Nāṣir al-Dīn Shah Qajar Mehdi Mousavi Muḥammad Khān Kirmānī Denis Hermann Mīrzā Āqā Khān Kirmānī Roman Seidel William St Clair Tisdall Adam Simnowitz and Gordon Nickel Iran’s first Constitution and the Supplement to it Saeid Edalatnejad Muḥammad ʿAlī Dāʿī l-Islām Heidar Eyvazi Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn Khān Kirmānī Denis Hermann Mīrzā Muḥammad Ṣādiq Fakhr al-Islām Mansour Motamedi Church Missionary Society – Persian Mission John Chesworth Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia Mik‘ayēl Ch‘amch‘eants‘ Seta B. Dadoyan Joseph Emin James Harry Morris Yovhannēs Karnec‘i S. Peter Cowe T‘eimuraz Bagrationi Darejan Menabde Giorgi Avalishvili Nana Gonjilashvili Ioane Batonishvili Oktai Kazumov Aleksandre Chavchavadze Zoia Tskhadaia Gēorg Axverdyan S. Peter Cowe Daniel Chonkadze Tamar Tsitsishvili Mgrdič‘ Bešigt‘ašlian S. Peter Cowe Mirzə Fətəli Axundzadə Leila Rahimi Bahmany Grigol Orbeliani Ada Nemsadze Akaki Tsereteli Manana Kvataia Ełia Dēmirč‘ibašian S. Peter Cowe Vazha-Pshavela Tamar Sharabidze Ilia Chavchavadze Maia Ninidze Mir Möhsün Nəvvab Leila Rahimi Bahmany Siamant‘ō S. Peter Cowe Məmməd Səid Ordubadi Leila Rahimi Bahmany Contributors Index of Names Index of Titles

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Book SynopsisThis Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion contributes cases of encounters, diversities and distances to an emerging Jewish-Muslim Studies field. The scholarly essays address both discourses about and lived experiences of minorities in contemporary French, German and UK cities. The authors explore how particular modes of governance and secularism shape individual and collective identities while new technologies re-make interfaith encounters. This volume shows that Middle Eastern and North African pasts and presents weigh on European realities, examines how the pull of Jewish intellectual history is felt by a new generation of Muslim scholars and activists, and uncovers how Orthodox communities negotiate living side by side.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Jews and Muslims in Europe. Between Discourse and Experience   Ben Gidley and Samuel Sami Everett part 1 Jews and Muslims in Germany 1 Abrahamic Stranger Muslim German Intellectuals on Jewish German Intellecturals and Questions of Belonging   Elisabeth Becker and Ufuk Topkara 2 Desiring Memorials Jews, Muslims, and the Human of Citizenship   Sultan Doughan 3 The Politics of Hospitality Welcome and Not So Welcome Middle Easterners in Germany   Dani Kranz 4 Precarious Companionship Discourses of Adversity and Commonality in Jewish-Muslim Dialogue Initiatives in Germany   Alexander-Kenneth Nagel and Dekel Peretz part 2 Muslims and Jews in France 5 Learning the Language of the Other? Hebrew and Arabic in Two Parisian Associations   Samia Hathroubi 6 Between Meta-History and Memory Narrating the Jewish-Muslim Past in Morocco and Present in France   Nadia Malinovich 7 Constructing the Otherness of Jews and Muslims in France   Hanane Karimi 8 Jews and Muslims in Sarcelles Face to Face or Side by Side?   Nonna Mayer and Vincent Tiberj part 3 Jews and Muslims in the UK 9 The Avoidance of Love? Rubbing Shoulders in the Secular City   Ruth Sheldon 10 “This Is Just Where We Are in History” Jewish-Muslim Dialogue, Temporality, and Modalities of Solidarity   Yulia Egorova 11 Orthodox Fraternities and Contingent Equalities Muslims and Jews between Public (Health) Policy Discourse and Experience   Ben Kasstan 12 Locality, Spatiality and Contingency in East London An Interview with Michael Keith   Ben Gidley Index

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Book Synopsis'The House of the Priest’ presents and discusses the hitherto unpublished and untranslated memoirs of Niqula Khoury, a senior member of the Orthodox Church and Arab nationalist in late Ottoman and British Mandate Palestine. It discusses the complicated relationships between language, religion, diplomacy and identity in the Middle East in the interwar period. This original annotated translation and accompanying articles provide a thorough explication of Khoury’s memoirs and their significance for the social, political and religious histories of twentieth-century Palestine and Arab relations with the Greek Orthodox church. Khoury played a major role in these dynamics as a leading member of the fight for Arab presence in the Greek-dominated clergy, and for an independent Palestine, travelling in 1937 to Eastern Europe and the League of Nations on behalf of the national movement. Contributors: Sarah Irving, Charbel Nassif, Konstantinos Papastathis, Karène Sanchez Summerer, Cyrus SchayeghTable of ContentsForeword. Khoury’s Memoirs as a Palestinian Palimpsest  Cyrus Schayegh Notes on Contributors Notes on Transliteration Maps of Niqula Khoury’s Trips in the Levant, Western and Eastern Europe Introduction  Sarah Irving and Karène Sanchez Summerer 1 National Politics and Religion in Mandatory Palestine: Niqula Khoury and the Arab Orthodox Movement  Konstantinos Papastathis 2 Eastern Orthodoxy: Snapshots on Arab Orthox in Palestine and Jordan from the Franck Scholten Photographic Collection, 1921–1923 3 Memories Containing the Most Significant Incidents and Events That Occurred during My Lifetime  Niqula Khoury, translated and annotated by Sarah Irving, Charbel Nassif, Vicky Moussaed, Konstantinos Papastathis and Karène Sanchez Summerer Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBūluṣ ibn Rajāʾ (ca. 955–ca. 1020) was a celebrated writer of Coptic Christianity from Fatimid Egypt. Born to an influential Muslim family in Cairo, Ibn Rajāʾ later converted to Christianity and composed The Truthful Exposer (Kitāb al-Wāḍiḥ bi-l-Ḥaqq) outlining his skepticism regarding Islam. His ideas circulated across the Middle East and the Mediterranean in the medieval period, shaping the Christian understanding of the Qurʾan’s origins, Muḥammad’s life, the practice of Islamic law, and Muslim political history. This book includes a study of Ibn Rajāʾ’s life, along with an Arabic edition and English translation of The Truthful Exposer.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Note on Translation and Transliteration Part 1 Study 1 The Life of Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ  1 Introduction  2 Ibn Rajāʾ and the Fatimid Era  3 The Biography of Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ 2 The Context for Ibn Rajāʾ’s The Truthful Exposer  1 Title, Date, and Audience: Copts and Muslims ca. 1009–1012  2 Ibn Rajāʾ’s Intellectual Circles  3 Ibn Rajāʾ on Muslim Conversion to Christianity 3 The Arguments and Sources of The Truthful Exposer  1 Ibn Rajāʾ on the Qurʾan  2 Ibn Rajāʾ on Muḥammad  3 Ibn Rajāʾ on the Hadith  4 Ibn Rajāʾ’s Use of Intra-Islamic Disputations  5 Ibn Rajāʾ’s Use of Christian Arabic Sources 4 The Reception of The Truthful Exposer  1 Literary Afterlife from the Mediterranean to Europe  2 A Comparative Analysis of the Arabic and Latin Versions  3 The Arabic Manuscripts and Notes Part 2 The Truthful Exposer (Kitāb al-Wāḍiḥ bi-l-Ḥaqq) Introduction: Būluṣ ibn Rajāʾ’s Conversion and Purpose for Writing 1 On Divisions among Muslims: A Lack of Consensus about the Qurʾan and Interpretation 2 A Refutation of the Alleged Alteration of the Torah and the Gospel 3 On Muḥammad as a Prophet of the Sword; Anecdotes of Christians Living under Islam 4 On Those Who Converted to Islam in Fear of the Sword 5 On Musaylima the False Prophet and al-ʿAnsī 6 On Muḥammad’s Claim of How the Revelation Came to Him 7 On the Meaning of the Qurʾan: Different Texts and Readings (qirāʾāt) of the Qurʾan 8 On What Muslims Have Lost from the Qurʾan 9 On Their Agreement about Marwān Ibn al-Ḥakam’s Version 10 On the Authority of Interpreting the Qurʾan 11 On Inconsistencies and Repetitions in the Qurʾan 12 On the Subject of Mary the Copt 13 On Sexual Themes in the Qurʾan 14 On the Zayd Scandal 15 On the Repetition of Passages in the Qurʾan Taken from the Torah, Psalms, and Gospel 16 On the Inimitability of the Qurʾan 17 On the Audience for the Qurʾan and the Bible as a Source 18 On Contradictions in the Qurʾan 19 A Refutation of Muḥammad’s Alleged Favor over Other Prophets 20 A Refutation of Muḥammad’s Never Disbelieving or Worshipping Idols 21 A Refutation of Equating Jesus with Adam (Q 3:59) 22 A Response on the Anthropomorphizing of God in Christianity and the Qurʾan 23 A Response on the Union of Jesus Christ at the Incarnation 24 A Response on the Crucifixion of Christ (Q 4:157) 25 On the Destruction of the Kaʿba 26 On the Black Stone 27 On the Pilgrimage to Mecca 28 On the Sacrifice of Cattle and Camels 29 On Contradictions in the Qurʾan and Oral Traditions 30 On Marriage and Divorce in the Qurʾan; On Muḥammad’s Night Journey 31 Conclusion: Closing Exhortation 32 Appendix: Additional Contradictions in the Qurʾan Bibliography Index of The Truthful Exposer Index of Biblical and Qurʾanic Citations Index of People, Places, and Subjects

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Book SynopsisIn the late fourth century, the early Christian monk and author Evagrius Ponticus wrote his magnum opus in Greek—entitled Kephalaia Gnostika (“Gnostic Chapters”)—a spiritual treatise on ascetic contemplation and unity with God. After Evagrius’ death, however, his theology attracted controversy, and many of his writings were suppressed or destroyed. As a result, complete copies of this important work principally survived only in Syriac translations and an Armenian adaptation, until the recent discovery of two Arabic copies at the so-called Monastery of the Syrians in Egypt. The present volume represents the first-ever critical edition and translation of the Kephalaia Gnostika in that languageTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction A Note on Editorial and Translational Methods Evagrius Ponticus’ Kephalaia Gnostika: An English Translation of the Arabic Text Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Book 4 Book 5 Book 6 Supplemental Chapters Figures Key to the Supplemental Chapters Bibliography Index of Arabic Terms Index of Biblical Citations and Allusions

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Book SynopsisChristian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History 21 (CMR 21), covering South-western Europe in the period 1800-1914, is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. It comprises a series of introductory essays and the main body of detailed entries. These treat all the works, surviving or lost, that have been recorded. They provide biographical details of the authors, descriptions and assessments of the works themselves, and complete accounts of manuscripts, editions, translations and studies. The result of collaboration between numerous new and established scholars, CMR 21, along with the other volumes in this series, is intended as a fundamental tool for research in Christian-Muslim relations. Section Editors: Ines Aščerić-Todd, Clinton Bennett, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Jaco Beyers, Emanuele Colombo, Lejla Demiri, Martha T. Frederiks, David D. Grafton, Stanisław Grodź, Alan M. Guenther, Vincenzo Lavenia, Arely Medina, Diego Melo Carrasco, Alain Messaoudi, Gordon Nickel, Claire Norton, Reza Pourjavady, Douglas Pratt, Charles Ramsey, Peter Riddell, Umar Ryad, Cornelia Soldat, Charles Tieszen, Carsten Walbiner, Catherina Wenzel.Table of ContentsContents Foreword  ix Abbreviations  xvi Essays Alain Messaoudi, Introduction: Perceptions of Islam in France during the 19th century  3 Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Introduction: Iberia 1800-1914  17 Emanuele Colombo and Vincenzo Lavenia, Introduction: Italy before and after Unification: Islam, Orientalism, Colonialism  24 Radha Dalal, Nineteenth-century French photography and European impressions of Ottoman lands  55 Alejandro García-Sanjuán, Memories of al-Andalus in 19th-century Spain  70 Clinton Bennett, Orientalism and the Orient as other  80 France Constantin-François Volney Sarga Moussa 97 Jean Potocki Émilie Klene 109 Denon Patrice Bret 123 Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy John Chesworth 132 Comte de Forbin Rose-Marie Le Rouzic 139 Ignatius Mouradgea d’Ohsson Yaser Gün 149 François Rene de Chateaubriand Pierre Glaudes 162 Astolphe de Custine Alain Guyot 185 Eusèbe de Salle Alain Messaoudi 194 Edgar Quinet Florence Fix 201 Joseph Marin Adolphe Noël des Vergers Annliese Nef 207 Caussin de Perceval Renaud Soler 215 Albert de Biberstein Kazimirski Mouhamadoul-Khaly Wélé 220 Gérard de Nerval Guy Barthèlemy 229 Louis-Pierre-Eugène Amélie Sédillot Renaud Soler 242 Gustave Dugat Alain Messaoudi 249 Alexandre Dumas (père) Anne-Marie Callet-Bianco 256 Victor Hugo Franck Laurent 267 Jules Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire Florence Fix 300 Nicolas Perron Alain Messaoudi 310 Garcin de Tassy Marc Gaborieau 321 Gustave Flaubert Taro Nakijima 327 Pacifique-Henry Delaporte Renaud Soler 342 Ernest Renan Birgit Schäbler 347 Gustave Le bon Alain Messaoudi 362 Guy de Maupassant Francis Lacoste 371 Jane and Marcel Dieulafoy Eve Gran-Aymerich 385 Henry de Castries Daniel Rivet 400 Dictionaries and encyclopaedias produced by Christian institutions Claude Prudhomme 409 French missionary journals Claude Prudhomme 425 Catholic scholarly journals Claude Prudhomme 434 Edouard Montet Alain Messaoudi 442 Bernard Carra de Vaux Emmanuel Pisani 451 Iberia Frei João de Sousa Isabel Drumond Braga 467 Manuel de Santo Tomás de Aquino Luis F. Bernabé Pons 473 Ali Bey el Abbassi Jan Loop 478 Adolfo de Rivadeneyra José F. Cutillas 486 Italy and Malta Giovanni Mariti Felicita Tramontana 497 La riforma dell’Alcorano Gian Mario Cazzaniga 502 Baldassarre II Odescalchi David Armando 513 Giovanni Battista Casti David Armando 517 Giuseppe Vella Alessandro Vanoli 523 Giuseppe Calza Luca Berardi 529 Francesco Rovira Bonet Marina Caffiero 532 Paolino da S Bartolomeo Sabina Pavone 538 Felice Caronni Valerio Vittorini 546 Simone Assemani Arianna D’Ottone and Bruno Callegher 552 Filippo Pananti Valerio Vittorini 560 Michelangelo Lanci Elisabetta Benigni 564 Paolo Della Cella Elisabetta Serafini 570 Attilio Belzoni Valerio Vittorini 575 Jean-Emile Humbert Francesca Sofia 580 Salvatore Morso Alessandro Vanoli 585 Giovanni Battista Rampoldi Roberto Tottoli 588 Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boni Federico Stella 591 Amalia Nizzoli Elisabetta Serafini 596 Giovanni Antonio Vassallo William Zammit 603 Vincenzo Calza Federico Stella 608 Giacomo Bossi Edoardo Tortarolo 613 Michelangelo Celesia Federico Stella 616 Giuseppe Sapeto Francesco Surdich 622 Cristina di Belgiojoso Valerio Vittorini 629 Andrea Zambelli Roberto Tottoli 635 Felice de Angeli Bruno Pomara 640 Giuseppe Anaclerio Elisabetta Serafini 645 Michele Amari Alessandro Vanoli 650 Rocco da Cesinale Michele Camaioni 661 Domenico Cerri Giovanni Frulla 667 Pietro Valerga Elisabetta Benigni 673 Jacopo Bernardi Felicita Tramontana 679 Vincenzo d’Avino Federico Stella 684 Alberto Guglielmotti David Armando 691 Renzo Manzoni Giovanni Canova 695 Antonio Stoppani Nicola Verderame 703 Alessandro D’Ancona Valentina Sagaria Rossi 707 Bartolomeo Lagumina Federico Stella 715 Angelo De Gubernatis Francesca Bellino 721 Emilio Salgari Masturah Alatas 727 Lupo Buonazia Francesca Bellino 736 Carlo Alfonso Nallino Valentina Sagaria Rossi 740 Ugo Mioni Tommaso Caliò 751 Aldobrandino Malvezzi Vincenzo Lavenia 756 Enrico Cerulli Gianfrancesco Lusini 769 Leone Caetani Andrea Trentini 773 Contributors  783 Index of Names  000 Index of Titles  000

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the history of everyday relations of Greek-Orthodox Christians and Muslims of Cappadocia, an Ottoman countryside inhabited by various ethno-religious groups, either sharing the same settlements, or living in neighbouring villages. Based on Ottoman state archives, testimonies collected by the Centre of Asia Minor Studies, and various pre-1923 hand-written and printed sources mostly in Ottoman- and Karamanli-Turkish, and Greek, the study covers the period from 1839 to 1923 and proposes an anthropological perspective on everyday cross-religious interactions. It focuses on questions such as identification and mapping of communities, sharing of space and resources, use of languages, and religiosity in the context of conversions and of shared sacred spaces and beliefs to investigate everyday realities of a multireligious rural society which disappeared with the fall of the Empire.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Tables and Maps Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Transliteration and Transcription Introduction  1 Historicizing Communities and Intercommunal Relations  2 Language and Locality: Producers of Collectivities  3 Book Outline  4 A Note on Primary Sources 1 Regionality in the Time of Nationalization  1 Ottoman Reforms, Nationalisms, and Missionary Movements  2 The (Re-)Appearance of Cappadocia 2 Naming, Identifying, and Mapping Groups in Cappadocia  1 Genres of Taxonomic Grouping  2 Mapping Collectivities 3 Conception(s), Perception(s) and Experience(s) of Space  1 Conceived Space: Administering Locality  2 Residing in a Shared Space  3 Private, Communitarian, and Collective Spaces 4 Connected Worlds: Forging Ties between Home and Elsewhere  1 Migration Patterns  2 Socio-professional Background and Networks of Assistance  3 Everyday Life in a Village Experiencing Emigration 5 Real Estate and Natural Resources  1 Private Properties  2 Communal and Collective Lands 6 Economic and Professional Activities  1 Production and Consumption, Infrastructure, and Transportation  2 Commercial Exchange and Marketplaces  3 Professions, Pluriactivity, and Specialization 7 Religious Conversions and Inter-religious Marriages  1 Collective and Individual Conversions to Islam  2 Conversion to Christianity  3 Marriage: A Bridge between Communities?  4 Conversion and Converts in Strife 8 Shared Sacredness  1 Shared Sites of Worship (See Map 3)  2 The Time of Sharing  3 Shared Rites and Intercessions of the Other Conclusion: Doing, Undoing, and Redoing Groups in the Ottoman Countryside Epilogue Appendix 1: Former and Current Names of Towns and Villages (Changing Names and Names with Various Versions) 287 Appendix 2: Biographies of Main Informants by Settlements of Origin Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWhen the 13th-century Coptic official al-Makīn Ibn al-ʿAmīd was thrown into prison by Sultan Baybars, he set out to compile a summary of Biblical, Graeco-Roman, and Islamic history for his own consolation. His work, which drew from a vast array of sources, enjoyed enduring success among various readerships: Oriental Christians, in Arabic-speaking communities but also in Ethiopia; Mamluk historians, including Ibn Ḫaldūn and al-Maqrīzī; and early modern Europe. A major instance of Christian-Muslim interaction in the pre-modern era, Ibn al-ʿAmīd’s chronography is still unpublished in its pre-Islamic part. This volume edits, analyzes, and translates the section from Adam to the Achaemenids.

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Book SynopsisCet ouvrage attire l’attention sur l’émergence des nouvelles dynamiques socio-politiques chez les Syriaques orthodoxes de Turquie – désignée traditionnellement comme une communauté antique chrétienne – dans leur rapport à la société turque contemporaine et aux pays diasporiques. This book draws attention on the emergence of new socio-political dynamics among the Syriac orthodox community of Turkey – that is labelled traditionally as an antique Christian community – in its relationship to contemporary Turkish society and diasporic countries.Table of ContentsListe des cartes, graphiques, figures, tableaux et photos Abréviations Introduction générale  1 L’aspect juridique : une minorité chrétienne non reconnue depuis le Traité de Lausanne  2 Au delà de l’État, les éléments de la vie commune partagée  3 Le caractère multidimensionnel de l’identité contemporaine syriaque  4 Plan de la recherche PARTIE 1: Les Syriaques orthodoxes dans leur rapport à l’Etat Ottoman et à l’espace diasporique 1 La situation des Syriaques orthodoxes dans le contexte des réformes ottomanes  1 Dépendance à l’égard du millet arménien  2 Devenir un millet autonome  3 Formation des écoles et des institutions communautaires  4 Le journal comme outil éducatif pendant l’ère du tanzimat  5 Émergence de la presse syriaque pendant le pouvoir des Jeunes-Turcs  6 Rattachement à l’ottomanisme 2 Les effets de la migration sur la construction identitaire en diaspora  1 Installation dans les pays de diaspora avant et après le Seyfo  2 L’émigration vers les États-Unis : la floraison du mouvement nationaliste assyrien  3 L’émigration vers les autres pays du Moyen-Orient  4 L’émigration vers l’Europe : l’émergence d’une nouvelle identité diasporique  5 La construction de la singularité ethnico-religieuse à l’égard des immigrés turcs et des Européens locaux  6 Vers la fragmentation de l’identité entre le moderne et le traditionnel : les clivages politiques 3 Un regard général sur la situation des Syriaques orthodoxes dans la Turquie kémaliste et actuelle  1 Le refus du statut de minorité  2 Les politiques assimilatrices du Parti Unique  3 Une relative floraison culturelle dans les années cinquante  4 Vivre la violence dans la région du Tur Abdin  5 Les années de l’AKP : « Le mal ne vient jamais d’un parti religieux » Conclusion à la Partie 1 PARTIE 2: L’ancrage dans l’espace stambouliote : maintenir son identité ethnico-religieuse dans la ville 4 L’insertion des immigrés dans le caractère chrétien de la ville et l’expérience diasporique  1 L’insertion des migrants dans le caractère chrétien de la ville  2 Les vagues de migration interne dans le contexte de l’exode rural  3 Les caractéristiques de leur installation dans la ville : habiter avec ses semblables  4 L’implantation des immigrés à travers les réseaux de parenté  5 Les lieux du travail communs et l’exercice des métiers traditionnels 5 Être visible dans la ville : les repères de l’identité communautaire  1 Les églises fréquentées : les repères de la vie communautaire  2 Le cimetière communautaire : trouver sa place dans le tissu chrétien  3 Les institutions communautaires : récentes mais efficaces 6 Les formes de l’éducation et de la socialisation dans la communauté  1 L’éducation formelle : être « turc » dans les écoles turques  2 L’éducation religieuse : se rappeler du Dieu chrétien  3 L’éducation au foyer : transmission des règles à suivre  4 L’influence de la morale bourgeoise modernisatrice sur les femmes 7 Les relations avec les autres communautés : la construction des frontières intercommunautaires  1 Les types de mariage  2 Les relations et perceptions intra-communautaires  3 Pratiques discriminatrices : « nous » et « eux » dans la vie quotidienne  4 Les divergences de vue par rapport au contenu de l’identité ethnique syriaque Conclusion à la Partie 2 partie 3: Les éléments d’une identité bricolée : mimétismes et échanges entre des cultures voisines 8 L’application des rites de passage et ses mutations dans le contexte migratoire  1 Naissance et accouchement  2 Le baptême de Gabriel  3 La mort et les rites funéraires  4 Les fiançailles  5 Le calendrier religieux et les pratiques religieuses 9 L’utilisation de l’image et son rapport avec la reconstruction identitaire  1 Une identité qui s’ouvre à l’Occident. Etre en face d’un christianisme mondialisé : effets du transnationalisme  2 Enquête sur l’environnement visuel Conclusion  1 L’étude des chrétiens orientaux : un nouveau domaine dans les sciences sociales  2 Les mécanismes de mimétisme et de rivalité sociaux  3 L’influence d’une modernité qui se traduit par l’individualisme et le transnational  4 La guerre de Syrie et ses répercussions en Turquie Annexe 1 : Le calendrier liturgique de l’Église syriaque orthodoxe d’Istanbul (2013) Annexe 2 : Le calendrier liturgique de l’Église syriaque orthodoxe d’Istanbul (2014) Annexe 3 : Le calendrier liturgique de l’Église syriaque orthodoxe d’Istanbul (2017) Annexe 4 : Liste des interviewés Bibliographie Index

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