Books

This book offers a fresh appraisal of Muhammad that considers the widest possible history of the ways in which Christians have assessed his prophethood.

To medieval Christian communities, Muhammad-the leader of a religious and political community that grew quickly and with relative success-was an enigma. Did God really send him as a prophet with...

Christian-Muslim Relations, Volume 15, Thematic Essays (600-1600) is a further volume in a general history of relations between the two faiths from the 7th century to the early 20th century. The chapters within it illustrate the range, complexity, and dynamics of interaction between the two faiths during the first thousand years of encounter....

One of the most common religious practices among medieval Eastern Christian communities was their devotion to venerating crosses and crucifixes. Yet many of these communities existed in predominantly Islamic contexts, where the practice was subject to much criticism and often resulted in accusations of idolatry. How did Christians respond to...

Theological Issues in Christian-Muslim Dialogue addresses the main theological topics of discussion that appear in Christian-Muslim engagement. Many of these topics originate in the medieval period and the earliest encounters between Christians and Muslims. Even so, the topics persist in contemporary contexts of dialogue and engagement....

The question of Christian-Muslim relations is one of enduring importance in the twenty-first century. While there exists a broad range of helpful overviews on the question, these introductory texts often fail to provide readers with the depth that a thorough treatment of the primary sources and their authors would provide.

In this important new...

In Christian Identity amid Islam in Medieval Spain Charles L. Tieszen explores a small corpus of texts from medieval Spain in an effort to deduce how their authors defined their religious identity in light of Islam, and in turn, how they hoped their readers would distinguish themselves from the Muslims in their midst. It is argued that the use...

An article in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 35/2 (April 2024) 169–81 (available upon request)

In the late-eighth century, the East-Syrian Patriarch Timothy I participated in a debate with the ‘Abbāsid Caliph al-Mahdī. During their discussion, Timothy responded to a question about how he understood the Prophet Muḥammad. His answer is now...

An article in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations 22/1 (January 2011) 57–68 (available upon request)

This article considers inter-religious adaptation in a medieval Iberian context. With Islam's entry into the peninsula, certain Christian communities underwent change as they encountered new religious and cultural influences. Some of these...

An article in Al-Masāq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean 24/1 (April 2012) 21–33 (available upon request)

Ninth-century treatises written by Eulogius (d. 859) and Paulus Alvarus (fl. ninth century) have been studied in some detail for their anti-Muslim rhetoric and for what they have to say about a group of ninth-century martyrs killed in...

Chapter 18 in Mercy and Grace: Christian and Muslim Perspectives, edited by Lucinda Mosher. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2025 (available upon request)

Chapter 29 in Portraits of Global Christianity: Research and Reflections in Honor of Todd M. Johnson, edited by Gina A. Zurlo. Pasadena, William Carey, 2023 (available upon request)

Chapter 9 in The Character of Christian-Muslim Encounter: Essays in Honour of David Thomas, edited by Douglas Pratt, Jon Hoover, John Davies, and John Chesworth. Leiden: Brill, 2015 (available upon request)

Chapter 8b in Routledge Handbook on Christian-Muslim Relations, edited by David Thomas. Abingdon, Routledge, 2018 (available upon request)