Understanding Christian-Muslim Relations

For centuries Christians and Muslims have engaged with each other in manifold ways peaceful and otherwise be it in scholarly study or in war and colonization. <br/><br/>Today Christians represent an influential body of opinion that largely perceives Islam post 9/11 as a threat. Yet Muslims represent approximately one third of the world's population. Improved understanding between Christians and Muslims is therefore crucial and a prerequisite for universal peace and justice. This book aims to investigate Islam's place in the world Muslim aspirations vis-a-vis non-Muslims and the realities of how Muslims are perceived and how they perceive others. Each chapter analyses accessible texts from central thinkers and commentators broadly split into two camps: confrontational or conciliatory. Christian-Muslim relations are set in the wider context of civilizational geo-political and economic interaction between the Muslim world and the historically Christian West.