Religious foundations of Western civilization : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Jacob Neusner, editor. [print]

Defining the terms -- What do we mean by "religion" and "Western civilization"? / William Scott Green -- Religions of the West -- Judaism Jacob Neusner -- Christianity : what it is and how it defines Western civilization Bruce Chilton -- Islam : what it is and how it has interacted with Western civilization Th. Emil Homerin -- Religion, politics, culture, law, and society -- Judaism Alan J. Avery-Peck -- Christianity Bruce Chilton -- Islam Th. Emil Homerin -- Philosophy : Averroes, Maimonides, and Aquinas Seymour Feldman -- Mysticism as a meeting ground : seeing the unseen Elliot R. Wolfson -- Historic encounters -- Latin Christianity, the crusades, and the Islamic response James A. Brundage -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in Spain from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries Olivia Remie Constable -- Christianity and Islam in the Balkans from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries Amila Buturovic -- Zionism, imperialism, and nationalism -- Zionism Jacob Neusner -- Christian imperialism Bruce Chilton -- Political Islam Th. Emil Homerin -- Modernity and religion in the West : negotiating change -- The modernization of Christianity Bruce Chilton -- The modernization of Judaism Jacob Neusner -- The modernization of Islam Th. Emil Homerin -- Religion and western civilization in the twenty-first century -- Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in their contemporary encounters -- Judaism addresses Christianity Jon D. Levenson -- Christianity meets other religions Bruce Chilton -- Islam and Pluralism Th. Emil Homerin -- Timeline compiled by Cory Berry-Whitlock.

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