George Makdisi has brought together six of the most distinguished scholars in the field to explore the religion and culture of medieval Islam. This is an original and stimulating exchange. Makdisi's introductory essay focuses on the interaction between religion and culture in classical Islam and Christendom, Merlin Swartz analyses the homilies of Ibn al-Jawazi, Irfan Shahid considers the implications of the Arabic character of the Koran, George Saliba assesses Ash'arite thought in astrology and astronomy, Roger Arnaldez reflects on the religious cultures of medieval Islam, and Mahmoud Ayoub draws together the common historic threads of Muslim-Jewish and Muslim-Christian popular worship. W. Montgomery Watt concludes the volume by addressing the question of the future of Islam, posing a parallel with the Judaic reaction to Hellenistic culture.
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George Makdisi brings together six of the most distinguished scholars in the field to explore the religion and culture of medieval Islam. The book will appeal to Islamicists, historians of science and philosophy, and students of literary history and religious studies.
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In the Middle Ages, the intimate relation between religion and culture was nowhere more intimate or interrelated than in a movement later named "scholasticism." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Christian West, Middle Ages, New York, George Makdisi, North Africa, University of Paris, New Testament, Rise of Colleges, Middle Eastern, Ibn Rajab, Italian Renaissance, University of Bologna, Christopher Dawson, Countess Matilda, Edinburgh University Press, Holy Land, Holy Places, Ibn Hazm, Studia Islamica, The Rise of Humanism, Thomas Aquinas New!
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Christian West, Middle Ages, New York, George Makdisi, North Africa, University of Paris, New Testament, Rise of Colleges, Middle Eastern, Ibn Rajab, Italian Renaissance, University of Bologna, Christopher Dawson, Countess Matilda, Edinburgh University Press, Holy Land, Holy Places, Ibn Hazm, Studia Islamica, The Rise of Humanism, Thomas Aquinas New!
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- Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: A History of Rhetorical Theory from St. Augustine to the Renaissance by James J. Murphy on page 52, and page 56
- Europe in the Middle Ages (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) by Charles T. Little on page 21
- Renaissance of Islam by Adam Mez on page 78
- Rhetoric and Poetics (Modern Library, 246.2) by Aristotle on page 51
- Ethics in Islam (Giorgio Levi Della Vida Biennial Conference Vol. 9) by R. Hovannisian in Back Matter
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- Literary Structures of Religious Meaning in the Qu'ran (Routledge Studies in the Qur'an) by Issa J Boullata in Back Matter
- Islam and Other Religions: Pathways to Dialogue by Irfan Omar in Back Matter
- New Perspectives on Arabian Nights by Wen-Chin Ouyang on page 37
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