In the name of God : the role of religion in the modern world, a history of Judeo-Christian and Isla...
In the name of God : the role of religion in the modern world, a history of Judeo-Christian and Isla...
In the name of God : the role of religion in the modern world, a history of Judeo-Christian and Islamic tolerance / Selina O'Grady.
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Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
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G 2020/5971
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- 1. The Birth of Persecution: The Roman Empire Turns Christian -- 2. Muhammad's Edict of Toleration -- 3. The Price of Toleration: The Dhimmi in the Islamic Empire -- 4. Islam's Inquisition -- 5. The Problems of Assimilation: Willing Martyrs -- 6. Austerity in England and the Papal Ba...
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Publisher
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Edition
First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
In this groundbreaking book, Selina O'Grady examines how and why the post-Christian and the Islamic worlds came to be as tolerant or intolerant as they are. She asks whether tolerance can be expected to heal today's festering wound between these two worlds, or whether something deeper than tolerance is needed. Told through contemporary chronicles,...
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In the name of God : the role of religion in the modern world, a history of Judeo-Christian and Islamic tolerance / Selina O'Grady.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-443) and index.
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G 2020/5971
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74VKaqLrmE2Z
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ISBN
9781643135076 (hardcover)
1643135074 (hardcover)
DDC
201.7
MMS ID
991024327317802626
