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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bradley BowmanPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 9781474479684ISBN 10: 1474479685 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 31 July 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"[...] his portrayal of the manifold interactions of Christian monks and monasteries with Muslims on an official as well as private level is vivid and suggestive, and could serve as an introduction to this rich field for research into a more comprehensive history of the medieval Middle East.--Monk Evgenios Iverites ""Journal of Early Christian Studies, Volume 30, Number 2"" [...] Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam is coherent, accessible, engaging, and an important contribution to the history of Muslim-Christian relations.--Moa Airijoki ""Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures"" [...] Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam is coherent, accessible, engaging, and an important contribution to the history of Muslim-Christian relations. --Moa Airijoki ""Journal of Medieval Religious Cultures"" [....] Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam is a very valuable book, one that is, importantly, accessible to nonexperts. --Tim Vivian ""The American Benedictine Review"" Bowman's work is thought provoking besides being of great value and interest; it will be extremely useful to those seeking insights into the complexity of monasticism, early Islam, and interconfessional contacts, interaction, religious affiliation, and political allegiance between Muslims and Christians in Late Antiquity and beyond. --Basema Hamarneh, University of Vienna ""Church History Journal"" His exploration is an accessible one and the book is a helpful elucidation of the ways in which monastic communities contributed to and received support from Muslim societies. [...] Christian Monastic Life in Early Islam is a very useful contribution to the growing body of literature devoted to the development of Islam and early Muslim communities. --Charles Tieszen, Fuller Theological Seminary ""Christian-Muslim Relations, 33:2""" Author InformationAssistant Professor of History at the University of Louisville. He has published an article in the Harvard Theological Review and has two further articles under review with the Journal of Medieval Encounters and Christian-Muslim Relations. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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