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Book SynopsisRevised version of author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, 2016.
Trade Review"Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize"
"Finalist for the Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion"
"The Spectator's Books of the Year"
"This book is a real achievement. It is a fascinating read for any scholar of Christian–Muslim relations, since it deals with a sensitive topic analytically and in an academically balanced manner. . . . In addition, although the author declares that he had no intension to connect the past with the present, the book opens up a larger window of understanding for any reader who is interested in current events in the Middle East."
---Risto Jukko, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations"
Meticulously researched and documented. Sahner’s readings of the sources reflect great skill and care for sound methodology. As a result, the book is a welcome contribution to studies focusing on medieval Christian communities
and their relationships with Muslims.
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---Charles Tieszen, Scottish Journal of Theology"Christian Sahner has published an excellent study of a long-overlooked and yet extremely important topic."
---Stephen J. Shoemaker, Medieval Encounters"Sahner’s excellent book . . . draw[s] a detailed, bold, and colorful view of this new complex society in its formative centuries. Through minute and sensitive analysis of a wide array of martyrological stories Sahner deals with the most significant processes that forged a new society and culture during the first three centuries of Islam."
---Milka Levy-Rubin, Bustan: The Middle East Book Review"This is an articulate, well-researched and informed first book, which examines martyrdom, violence, conversion, and identity formation among Christian communities in lands under Islamic rule during the eighth century and into the ninth."
---J. E. Tearney-Pearce, Al-Masaq
