Introduction
During the early days of Christianity, it went through different trials and hardships in an effort to recognize itself by establishing the foundation of the Church, the Mission, and the Christian identity. Not long after, the early Christians were forced to survive through the waves of Islamic rule for centuries. Christians were tested and tried with their faiths, ideals, identities, and future significantly influenced by Islam, both in faith and governance.
1) Theme of Christian Spirituality influenced by Islam
2) Christian communities and their daily lives under Islamic Caliphate(s)
3) A review of the written works and interpretations of the relations between Christianity and Islam
Context
Interactions between Christianity and Islam can be dated back to 632 ad, when Islam started to spread out north of the Arabian Peninsula with plans of conquest. The relationship would continue for centuries later. The lives of Christians were no doubt altered under Islamic rule. In order to grasp and maintain an accurate representation of the plight of Christians during this period and its reflective effect on its own future, it is imperative to introduce the works of scholars who studied various aspects of the lives of Christians during this time period.
Sub-category (1960-1979)
Works: Ahmad, Hitti, Jurji, O’Callaghan, Von Grunebaum. 1
Sub-category (1980-1999)
Works: Black, Boojamra, Coope, Kopanski, Schick. 2
Sub-category (2000-2019)
Works: Brodeur, Desnoyers, Griffith, Sahner, Stephan. 3
Conclusion
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The aim of this literature review is to provide insight to the intertwined livelihoods and fates of Christianity and Islam by attending to events that occurred during the rule of the Islamic Caliphate.
1 Gustave E. Von Grunebaum, “Pluralism in the Islamic World,” Islamic Studies 3, no. 2 (June 1962): 34-59.
2 Robert Schick, “Christian Life in Palestine during the Early Islamic Period,” The Biblical Archaeologist 51, no. 4 (December 1988): 218-21, 239-40.
3 Rita Stephan, The Veil (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.)
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Black, Antony. “Islamic Views of International Order.” Rivista di Storia della Filosofia 52, no. 1 (1997): 129-40.
Boojamra, J L. “Christianity in Greater Syria: Surrender and Survival.” Byzantion 67, no. 1 (1997): 148-78.
Brodeur, Patrice C. Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World, 1st ed., s.v. “Christianity and Islam.” New York: Gale, 2004.
Coope, Jessica A. “Religious and Cultural Conversion to Islam in Ninth-Century Umayyad Cordoba.” Journal of World History 4, no. 1 (Spring 1993): 47-68.
Desnoyers, Charles A., and Peter Von Sivers, and George B. Stow. Patterns of World History: Brief Third Edition. New York: Oxford University Press. 2018.
Griffith, Sidney H. The Church in the Shadow of the Mosque. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 2008.
Hitti, Philip K. Capital Cities of Arab Islam. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 1973.
Jurji, Edward J. “The Islamic Setting in the History of Religions.” Islamic Studies 8, no. 4 (December 1969): 301-17.
Kelsay, John. Love and Christian Ethics. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. 2016.
Kopanski, Ataullah Bogdan. “Islam in Italy and in its Libyan Colony.” Islamic Studies 32, no. 2 (Summer 1993): 191-204.
O’Callaghan, Joseph F. A History of Medieval Spain. New York: Cornell University Press. 1975.
Sahner, Christian C. Christian Martyrs under Islam: Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World. New Jersey: Princeton University Press. 2018.
Schick, Robert. “Christian Life in Palestine during the Early Islamic Period.” The Biblical Archaeologist 51, no. 4 (December 1988): 218-21, 239-40.
Stephan, Rita. The Veil. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2008.
Von Grunebaum, Gustave E. “Pluralism in the Islamic World.” Islamic Studies 3, no. 2 (June 1962): 37-59.
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