Islam and the West

by Norman Daniel

Overview

From the time of the Crusades to the present day, the relationship between Islam and the West has been one of conflict and misunderstanding. The prejudices conceived over a thousand years ago have survived the break-up of western Christianity into Catholic and Protestant, the growth of atheism, and the rise of the multifaith community; they continue, despite today's increased mutual understanding, to permeate European attitudes towards Islam.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781851681297
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	06/03/2003
Series:	Oneworld Classics in Religious Studies S
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	6.13(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.45(d)

About the Author

Norman Daniel was an eminent historian on the Middle Ages and intercultural relations. Educated at Queen's College, Oxford, and Edinburgh University, his other books include The Arabs and Medieval Europe; The Cultural Barrier; Heroes and Saracens and Islam: Past Influence and Future Challenges.

Editorial Reviews

Daniel's 1960 volume is listed in Reader's Adviser as one of the seminal works on the subject. Though carefully researched, the text has the benefit of firsthand observation by Daniel during his time as the British cultural attache to Cairo. The author revised the volume shortly before his death in 1992 to further correct erroneous ideas Westerners have about Islam. With immigration bringing more Islamics to the United States, this volume would be an important addition to public and academic libraries.

Library Journal

**** An updated and revised version of Daniel's (died 1992) thorough study of the relations between Islamic and Christian peoples from the Middle Ages to the present--cited in BCL3. One of his primary concerns is to ferret out the origins of erroneous western myths about Islam and its practitioners. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"A monumental work of painstaking scholarship."

Impact International

"The importance of the late Norman Daniel’s updated study... is as great now as it was when the first edition was published."

The Times Literary Supplement

"Painstakingly thorough. Twenty Years after its first publication, Islam and the West remains the standard work on views of Christian polemicists towards Islam."

Religious Studies Review

"A justly celebrated account of the reaction to the Christian world to the phenomenon of Islam."

Expository Times