Muslims and Others: Relations in Context

Jacques Waardenburg

Published by De Gruyter 2003

Muslims and Others

Relations in Context

Jacques Waardenburg

Volume 41 in the series Religion and Reason

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110200959

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About this book

Jacques 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.

Author / Editor information

Dr. Jacques Waardenburg taught at the Universities of California and Utrecht before holding the chair of Religionswissenschaft at the University of Lausanne. He is among the internationally leading experts in the history of Islam.

Reviews

"In einer Zeit, in der es auch um Verständnis des Anderen geht, ist dieser etwas andere Blick eine sehr sinnvolle Hilfe, zumal auch aufgrund der hohen inhaltlichen Qualität des Buches."
Volker S. Stahr in: Neue Zürcher 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

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Content Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section 1: Three Monotheistic Religions
Chapter 1. Christians, Muslims, Jews, and their Religions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 2. Three Monotheistic Religions: Structure and Patterns of Meaning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
Section 2: Muslim Encounters with Other Religions in History
Chapter 3. The Earliest Relations of Islam with other Religions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Chapter 4. Cases of Interreligious Dialogue under Muslim Rule Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
Section 3: Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions
Chapter 5. Two Shining Lights: Medieval Islam and Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Chapter 6. World Religions Seen in Islamic Light Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	162
Chapter 7. Twentieth Century Writings about Other Religions: A Classification Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Chapter 8. Some Observations on Muslim Studies of Religions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	218
Section 4: Muslims and the West, Muslims in the West
Chapter 9. Some Muslim Reflections on the West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Chapter 10. Europe and its Muslim Neighbors: Glimpses of Dialogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
Chapter 11. Muslims and Their Islam in Europe: Initiatives and Responses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	308
Chapter 12. Diversity and Unity of Islam in Europe: Islamic Constructs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	336
Chapter 13. Muslims and Others in Europe: Cultural and Intercultural Contacts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Section 5: Muslim-Christian Relations and Minority Problems
Chapter 14. Muslim Minorities: Politics and Religion in the Balkans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Chapter 15. Muslim-Christian Minority Problems in Europe and the Middle East Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	404
Section 6: Muslims and Others in Processes of Change
Chapter 16. Issues in Muslim-Christian Relations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	424
Chapter 17. Between Baghdad and Birmingham: Opportunities of Minorities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	452
Chapter 18. Muslims and Christians: Changing Identities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	479
Chapter 19. Muslims and Westerners: Changing Attitudes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	488
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 519
Keywords: Islam; Christentum; Judentum; Weltreligion; Geschichte

eBook

Published: August 22, 2008
ISBN: 9783110200959

Hardcover

Published: June 19, 2003
ISBN: 9783110176278