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The Case for Islamo–Christian Civilization 2nd Edition
Author(s): Richard Bulliet (Author)
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Publication Date: 13 Aug. 2004
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 0231127960
- ISBN-13: 9780231127967
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
[An] insightful book about Islam and Muslims that actually provides hope for the future…. this book is a quick, informative, and encouraging read.–Publishers Weekly
[These essays] emanate from a fair-minded approach to strident debates – written, if you will, from the center.–International Journal of Middle East Studies
A positive and challenging proposal, underscoring the importance of the phases we use in defining our world.–Future Survey
As Bulliet writes… there is a far better case for ‘Islamo-Christian civilization’ than there is for a clash of civilizations.–Washington Monthly
[A] wise and wonderful book.–Howard J. Dooley “Journal of World History “
A clearly written book, aimed at the general reader…requires a place on the library shelf–Steve Young “Library Journal “
An excellent touchstone… this is not a volume that should be ignored.–John J. Curry, Ph.D. “Digest of Middle East Studies “
Bulliet’s ideas are collectively imaginative and a major contribution… No reader will see the history either of Christendom or Islam in quite the same way.–Ronald Davis “Domes “
Great scholarship and vision… Bulliet offers rare insights in the Islamic and the (post)-Christian worlds.–Johannes J. G. Jansen “International History Review “
It deserves the widest possible readership, addressing as it does with wit and insight one of the most freighted issues of our times.–Malise Ruthven “Times Literary Supplement “
Offers a rich lode of penetrating insights.–L. Carl Brown “Foreign Affairs “
Presents a persuasive case for viewing Islam and the West… [a]brilliant new book–Emran Qureshi “Toronto Globe and Mail “
Richard Bulliet’s
The Case for Islamo-Christian Civilization re-examines most of the pieties of the West about the Muslim world and Islamic politics (and about the West itself) and finds them not only wrong but wrongly conceived…. He argues that modern European and Muslim history are deeply intertwined and that one cannot be understood in isolation from the other, thereby launching a profound challenge to teachers, historians and policy-makers.–Juan Cole, University of Michigan “The International Journal of Middle East Studies “Seeks to bridge a gap between Islam and the West… His solution is to try to patch things up by emphasizing all that Islam and Christianity have in common.–Daniel Lazare “The Nation “
