What Can Medieval Spain Teach Us about Muslim-Jewish Relations?
Example and counterexample, quote and counterquote: thus history becomes the battleground on which we fight over the present.
Setting Boundaries: Early Medieval Reflections on Religious Toleration and their Jewish Sources
Setting Boundaries: Early Medieval Reflections on Religious Toleration and their Jewish Sources Olsen, Glenn W. (University of Utah) Hebraic Political Studies, Vol. 2,…
Divine Needs, Divine Illusions: Preliminary Remarks Toward a Comparative Study of Meister Eckhart and Ibn AľArabi
Divine Needs, Divine Illusions: Preliminary Remarks Toward a Comparative Study of Meister Eckhart and Ibn AľArabi Almond, Ian (Bosphorus University, Istanbul) Medieval Philosophy…
Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba
Hybridity and collage : the Christianization of the Great Mosque of Cordoba By Pablita Santos BA Thesis, Williams College, 2007 Contents Introduction Chapter…
“The Arabs” in the ecclesiastical historians of the 4th/5th centuries : effects on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations
“The Arabs” in the ecclesiastical historians of the 4th/5th centuries : effects on contemporary Christian-Muslim relations By David D. Grafton HTS Theological Studies/Teologiese…
Al-Ghazāī on Possibility and the Critique of Causality
Al-Ghazāī on Possibility and the Critique of Causality Dutton, Blake D. (Loyola University Chicago) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 10 (2001) Abstract One of…
Muslim Martyrdom and Quest for Martyrdom in the Crusading Period
Muslim Martyrdom and Quest for Martyrdom in the Crusading Period By Daniella Talmon-Heller Al-Masaq, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2002) Abstract: Etan Kohlberg ends…
Ghazali on Miracles and Necessary Connection
Ghazali on Miracles and Necessary Connection Giacaman, George and Bahlul, Raja (Birzeit University) Medieval Philosophy and Theology 9 (2000) Abstract Ever since Muslim…
Hosting Dynasties and Faiths: Chronicling the Religious History Of a Medieval Moroccan Oasis City
Hosting Dynasties and Faiths: Chronicling the Religious History Of a Medieval Moroccan Oasis City By Robert Caverly MA Thesis, Villanova University, 2008 Introduction:…
Al-Gazali’s Concept of Prophecy: The Introduction of Avicennan Psychology into As’arite Theology
Al-Gazali’s Concept of Prophecy: The Introduction of Avicennan Psychology into As’arite Theology By Frank Griffel Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, vol. 14 (2004) Introduction:…
The Ethics of al-Razi (865-925?)
The Ethics of al-Razi (865-925?) Druart, Thérèse-Anne Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 6, no. 1 (1997) Abstract Among al-Razi’s few surviving philosophical works,…
Al-Razi’s Conception of the Soul: Psychological Background to His Ethics
Al-Razi’s Conception of the Soul: Psychological Background to His Ethics Druart, Thérèse-Anne (The Catholic University of America) Medieval Philosophy and Theology, vol. 5,…
Memory, Individuals, and the Past in Averroes’s Psychology
Despite the resurgence of interest in the medieval conception of memory among scholars working in a wide variety of disciplines within medieval studies, little attention has been paid in recent times to the conception of memory found in the psychological writings of medieval philosophers, especially those from the Arabic tradition.
The Crusades and Islam
The Crusades and Islam By Norman Housley Medieval Encounters, Vol. 13 (2007) Abstract: Although crusading was not solely responsible for the deterioration of…
Was Islam Spread by the Sword?
Was Islam Spread by the Sword? By Hugh Kennedy Paper given at The Yale Conference on Religion and Violence (February 2008) Introduction: The…
From “Saracen scourge” to “terrible Turk”: medieval, renaissance, and enlightenment images of the “Other” in the narrative construction of “Europe”
From “Saracen scourge” to “terrible Turk”: medieval, renaissance, and enlightenment images of the “Other” in the narrative construction of “Europe” By Paul T.…
Study examines the same-sex relationships of Medieval Arab Women
A recent article suggests that lesbian activities of women in the medieval Arab world were far more common and open than is commonly believed, or would be considered acceptable in today’s Middle East.
The Muslim Colony of Luceria Sarracenorum (Lucera)
The life and dispersion of Lucerine Muslims in Apulia (c.1220–1300) are examined from the onomastic point of view
The Evolving Representation of the Early Islamic Empire and Its Religion on Coin Imagery
The Evolving Representation of the Early Islamic Empire and Its Religion on Coin Imagery By Stefan Heidemann The Qur’an in Context, edited by…
Some Observations on Infanticide in Medieval Muslim Society
Some Observations on Infanticide in Medieval Muslim Society By Avner Giladi International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, (1990) Introduction:…
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature – A Shi’i Vision of Islam Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam London, I.B.Tauris Publishers,…
From wayfaring elites to local associations: Sufis in Medieval Palestine
From wayfaring elites to local associations: Sufis in Medieval Palestine By Daphna Ephrat al-Qantara, Vol 27, No 1 (2006) Abstract: This article is…
The conquest of Khūzistān: a historiographical reassessment
The conquest of Khūzistān: a historiographical reassessment By Chase F. Robinson Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, Vol.67:1 (2004) Abstract:…
The Idea of the Jihad in Islam before the Crusades
The Idea of the Jihad in Islam before the Crusades By Roy Parviz Mottahedeh and Ridwan al-Sayyid The Crusades from the Perspective of…
The Role of Central Asian Peoples in the Spread of World Religions
This paper will discuss how and why the Iranian-speaking peoples of Central Asia played such a major role in the transmission of religions from the Near East to the Far East throughout the first millennium of the Common Era.