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008			200903s2020 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2020945431
020			_a9781350191211 _q(hardback)
020			_a9781350191259 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781350191228 _q(pdf)
020			_z9781350191235 _q(epub)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
042			_apcc
082			_aBP 172 TIE
100	1		_aTieszen, Charles, _eauthor. _9129776
245	1	4	_aThe christian encounter with Muhammad : _bhow theologians have interpreted the prophet / _cCharles Tieszen.
260			_aLondon _bBloomsbury Academic _c2021
263			_a2011
300			_apages cm
520			_a"This book offers a fresh appraisal of Muhammad that considers the widest possible history of the ways in which Christians have assessed his prophethood. To medieval Christian communities, Muhammad-the leader of a religious and political community that grew quickly and with relative success-was an enigma. Did God really send him as a prophet with a revelation? Was the political success of the community he founded a divine validation? Or were he and his followers inspired by something evil? Despite their attempts, modern Christians continued to be puzzled by Muhammad. The Qur'an provided a framework for understanding and honouring Jesus ; was it possible for Christians to reciprocate with regard to Muhammad? This book applies the same analysis to both medieval and modern assessments of Muhammad, in order to demonstrate the continuities and disparities present in literature from the two eras"--
650			_aChristian relations _vIslam _9125842
650			_aChristianity and other religions _vIslam _93763
650			_aInterfaith relations _vIslam _9128715
906			_a0 _bibc _corignew _d2 _eepcn _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2lcc _cBK