The articles in this collection complement those in Professor Griffith's previous volume, Arabic Christianity in the Monasteries of 9th-Century Palestine, studying the first efforts of Christians living in the early Islamic world to respond to the religious challenges of Islam. In particular, the author shows how Christian apologists who wrote in Arabic adopted in defense of Christian doctrines the modes of discourse (kalam) then employed by Muslim controversialists (mutakallimun) to advance the claims of Islam. The writers whose works are studied here developed a truly Christian 'ilm al-kalam, that is to say a science of defending Christianity in an Arabic idiom borrowed largely from Muslims.
| ISBN: | 9780860788898 |
| Publication date: | 4th November 2002 |
| Author: | Sidney H Griffith |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 352 pages |
| Series: | Variorum Collected Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Theology Comparative religion Christianity |
The articles in this collection complement those in Professor Griffith's previous volume, Arabic Christianity in the Monasteries of 9th-Century Palestine, studying the first efforts of Christians living in the early Islamic world to respond to the religious challenges of Islam. In particular, the author shows how Christian apologists who wrote in Arabic adopted in defense of Christian doctrines the modes of discourse (kalam) then employed by Muslim controversialists (mutakallimun) to advance the claims of Islam. The writers whose works are studied here developed a truly Christian 'ilm al-kalam, that is to say a science of defending Christianity in an Arabic idiom borrowed largely from Muslims.
The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic features in the following genres: Ancient history, Christianity, History of religion, Islam, General and world history
The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic is available in Hardback
The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic was written by Sidney H Griffith and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Beginnings of Christian Theology in Arabic has 352 pages
Yes it is part of Variorum Collected Studies Series series
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