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First published in 1991, this title explores the myths and
misperceptions that have underpinned Muslim-Christian relations
throughout history, and which endure to the current day. William
Montgomery Watt describes how the myths originated and developed,
and argues that both Muslims and Christians need to have a more
accurate knowledge and positive appreciation of the other religion.
Chapters discuss the Qur'anic perception of Christianity, attitudes
to Greek philosophy and the relationship between Islam and
Christianity in medieval Europe. Written by one of the leading
authorities on Islam in the West, Muslim-Christian Encounters
remains a relevant and vivid study and will be of particular value
to students of Islam, religious history and sociology.
Islam is a burning topic in modern scholarship and contemporary
world affairs. It is a subject poorly understood by Western
observers, and in this book Professor Montgomery Watt takes a
significant step towards its demystification. Montgomery Watt
examines the crucial questions of traditional world-view and
self-image which dominate the thinking of Muslims today. This
traditional self-image causes them to perceive world events in a
different perspective from Westerners - a fact not always
appreciated by the foreign ministries of Western powers. Professor
Watt presents a brilliant and critical analysis of the traditional
Islamic self-image, showing how it distorts Western modernism and
restricts Muslims to a peripheral role in world affairs. In a
scholarly and incisive way, he traces this harmful image to its
origins in the medieval period and then to the traumatic exposure
of Muslims to the West in modern times. He argues that Muslim
culture is suffering from a dangerous introspection, and in his
closing chapters presents a constructive criticism of contemporary
Islam, aimed at contributing to a truer, more realistic Islamic
self-image for today. First published in 1988.
First published in 1991, this title explores the myths and
misperceptions that have underpinned Muslim-Christian relations
throughout history, and which endure to the current day. William
Montgomery Watt describes how the myths originated and developed,
and argues that both Muslims and Christians need to have a more
accurate knowledge and positive appreciation of the other religion.
Chapters discuss the Qur'anic perception of Christianity, attitudes
to Greek philosophy and the relationship between Islam and
Christianity in medieval Europe. Written by one of the leading
authorities on Islam in the West, Muslim-Christian Encounters
remains a relevant and vivid study and will be of particular value
to students of Islam, religious history and sociology.
Islam is a burning topic in modern scholarship and contemporary
world affairs. It is a subject poorly understood by Western
observers, and in this book Professor Montgomery Watt takes a
significant step towards its demystification. Montgomery Watt
examines the crucial questions of traditional world-view and
self-image which dominate the thinking of Muslims today. This
traditional self-image causes them to perceive world events in a
different perspective from Westerners - a fact not always
appreciated by the foreign ministries of Western powers. Professor
Watt presents a brilliant and critical analysis of the traditional
Islamic self-image, showing how it distorts Western modernism and
restricts Muslims to a peripheral role in world affairs. In a
scholarly and incisive way, he traces this harmful image to its
origins in the medieval period and then to the traumatic exposure
of Muslims to the West in modern times. He argues that Muslim
culture is suffering from a dangerous introspection, and in his
closing chapters presents a constructive criticism of contemporary
Islam, aimed at contributing to a truer, more realistic Islamic
self-image for today. First published in 1988.
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