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Book SynopsisJacques Waardenburg writes about relations between Muslims and adherents of other religions. After illuminating various aspects of Islam from an outside point of view in his volume "Islam" (published in 2002 by de Gruyter) his second volume changes the perspective: The author shows how Muslims perceived non-Muslims - particularly Christianity and "the West", but also Judaism and Asian religions - in many centuries of religious dialogue and tensions. The main focus is on Muslim minorities in Western countries and on religious dialogues of which he provides first-hand knowledge through his participation in several important dialogue meetings. After 50 years of research and personal involvement, Waardenburg aims at a mutual understanding and reconciliation of Islam and other religions, particularly Christianity, both on an international level as well as on a more local level where "old" and "new", Christian and Muslim Europeans live together.
Trade Review"In einer Zeit, in der es auch um Verstandnis des Anderen geht, ist dieser etwas andere Blick eine sehr sinnvolle Hilfe, zumal auch aufgrund der hohen inhaltlichen Qualitat des Buches."Volker S. Stahr in: Neue Zurcher Zeitung, 2004 "With his remarkable sensitivity and unfliching optimism, Waardenburg makes a convincing case for an understanding that goes beyond the ignorant tolerance and arrogant indifference of many communities today, and shows that small histories do matter."Ibrahim Kalin in: The Muslim World Book Review 1/2004
Table of ContentsI. Three Monotheistic Religions: 1. Christians, Muslims, Jews, and their Religions · 2. Three Monotheistic Religions: Structure and Patterns of Meaning II. Muslim Encounters with Other Religions in History: 3. The Earliest Relations of Islam with Other Religions · 4. Cases of Interreligious Dialogue under Muslim Rule III. Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions: 5. Two Shining Lights: Medieval Islam and Christianity · 6. World Religions Seen in Islamic Light · 7. Twentieth Century Writings about Other Religions: A Classification · 8. Some Observations on Muslim Studies of Religions IV. Muslims and the West, Muslims in the West: 9. Some Muslim Reflections on the West · 10. Europe and its Muslim Neighbors: Glimpses of Dialogue · 11. Muslims and their Islam in Europe: Initiatives and Responses · 12. Diversity and Unity of Islam in Europe: Islamic Constructs · 13. Muslims and Others in Europe: Cultural and Intercultural Contacts V. Muslim-Christian Relations and Minority Problems: 14. Muslim Minorities: Politics and Religion in the Balkans · 15. Muslim-Christian Minority Problems in Europe and the Middle East · 16. Issues in Muslim-Christian Relations · 17. Between Baghdad and Birmingham: Opportunities of Minorities VI. Muslims and Others in Processes of Change: 18. Muslims and Christians: Changing Identities · 19. Muslims and Westerners: Changing Attitudes
