Medieval Encounters: Arabic-speaking Christians and Islam

A sourcebook of major Arabic Christian theologians and texts from the 9th-11th centuries. They had to express their theology in new ways, polemicize against the claims of a new religion, as well as defend their doctrines against Islam’s challenges. A sourcebook of major Arabic Christian theologians and texts from the 9th-11th centuries. Christian authors who spoke and wrote Arabic had no choice but to engage with Islam and the complex realities of life—initially as a majority, later as a minority—under Muslim rule. They had to express their theology in new ways, polemicize against the claims of a new religion, as well as defend their doctrines against Islam’s challenges.

• | Author: Ayman Ibrahim
• | Publisher: Gorgias Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 24, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781463244477
• | ISBN-10: 1463244479