Religious foundations of Western civilization : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam /

Religious foundations of Western civilization : Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / [print] Jacob Neusner, editor. - Nashville, Tennessee : Abingdon Press, (c)2006. - xvi, 686 pages ; 23 cm.



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



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Civilization, Western.
Christianity.
Judaism.
Islam.

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