Cross and the Crescent

By:

"Fletcher, Richard"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Penguin; 2003Description: 182pISBN:

9780713996869

Subject(s):

Islam

DDC classification:

209 FLE

Summary: A short, brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation by England's leading mediaeval historian. Fletcher argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, neither side was remotely interested in the religion of the other. "Christian and Moslem lived side by side in a state of mutual religious aversion. Given these circumstances, if religious passions were to be stirred up, confrontation would probably be violent." He shows how religious misunderstanding and antagonism between "the peoples of the book" has been present since their earliest encounters.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gandhi Smriti Library	209 FLE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		87246

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A short, brilliant account of the relations between Islam and Christianity from Muhammad to the Reformation by England's leading mediaeval historian. Fletcher argues that though there were trading and cultural interactions between Islam and Christianity during the period when Arabs controlled most of the Mediterranean world, neither side was remotely interested in the religion of the other. "Christian and Moslem lived side by side in a state of mutual religious aversion. Given these circumstances, if religious passions were to be stirred up, confrontation would probably be violent." He shows how religious misunderstanding and antagonism between "the peoples of the book" has been present since their earliest encounters.

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